The Teledyne Marine Channel

Applications of Sonar Software Tools for Security and Defense

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:48:37 GMT

Applications of Sonar Software Tools for Security and Defense: Mosaicking for Hull Inspection, Non‐GPS Navigation, and a Low‐Cost Bathymetry Tool.

By: Arjuna Balasuriya, Charles River Analytics

Teledyne marine sensors provide data that is valuable for many defense and security missions, from navigation to mine countermeasures to maintenance. In this talk, we will highlight work that uses a variety of Teledyne sensors, including multibeam imaging sonars, multibeam profilers, and Doppler velocity logs. We have created software tools to leverage these sensors for a variety of tasks. Our sonar mosaicking tool combines imaging sonar data over time to build rich, detailed, and complete 3D pictures of the undersea environment. These mosaics have been used for hull inspection and ship wreck mapping. Our sonar multiview tool provides multiple means of viewing and interacting with georeferenced bathymetry data collected from a multibeam profiler, including a waterfall view, point cloud view, and map overlay. This tool allows detailed inspection of the seafloor for mission planning and site inspection. Our GPS-free navigation solution provides high-accuracy underwater navigation when coupled with the Teledyne RDI Workhorse Navigator DVL. Our patent pending process fuses multiple aiding sensors with velocity measurements to create a position estimate that is accurate to within .1% of distance traveled, enabling precise navigation even over mission-relevant distances of underwater traversal. We will discuss these tools and demonstrate their functionality and interfaces, to give a sample of some of the defense and security tasks enabled by Teledyne's sensors and Charles River Analytics' advanced software.

CARIS Onboard - near real time hydrographic data processing

Mon, 23 May 2016 14:58:12 GMT

Near real time hydrographic data processing using CARIS Onboard with Teledyne Marine multibeam echo sounders.

Scope

CARIS company background
The Challenge of Current Data Handling
Introduction to the CARIS Onboard software package
How CARIS Onboard works
Applications with Teledyne Marine hardware

Combined Laser/Multibeam Sonar Survey of Sydney Harbor

Fri, 06 May 2016 10:34:02 GMT

By Dario Conforti - Teledyne Optech

Combined Laser/Multibeam Sonar Survey of Sydney Harbor

Teledyne Optech has been a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced lidar instruments for 40 years. In the last few years Teledyne Optech and its sister company Teledyne RESON developed a full and seamless integration between their sensors, the motion-compensated ILRIS-3D laser scanner and the SeaBat 7125 Sonar System, through the PDS 2000 software. The ILRIS Motion Compensation (MC) option was developed to let surveyors use the normally static ILRIS dynamically by combining it with a Position and Orientation System (POS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. The resulting system is integrated into a mobile mapping system and enables much more effective mapping in wide and complex terrain. This type of mobile laser scanning is now at the cutting edge of coastal survey technology because it allows surveyors to easily survey coastlines directly from a boat and is particularly useful for mapping long or inaccessible coastal areas. This presentation will explain the integration of the ILRIS and SeaBat sensors and showcase several applications in the last few years from Europe to North America to Australia. The survey in Sydney, Australia is the most recent survey made and shows the perfect match between the underwater data from the sonar and the shore data collected from the lidar scanner.

So You Want to Save Energy:

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:44:13 GMT

A Unique Application of BlueView 3-D Multibeam Sonar Technology and Best Practices to Optimize Sediment Removal Operations at Port Facilities.

Presenter: Tony Simon
Washington State University Energy Program

Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop - Day 2

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:18:35 GMT

Day 2 of the Teledyne Marine Technology Seminar.