Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Relation to underwater imaging for underwater surveys
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Application No.: US14436868Application Date: 2013-10-17
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Publication No.: US10116841B2Publication Date: 2018-10-30
- Inventor: Adrian Boyle , Michael Flynn
- Applicant: Cathx Research Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IE County Kildare
- Assignee: CATHX RESEARCH LTD.
- Current Assignee: CATHX RESEARCH LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IE County Kildare
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Agent John J. Penny, Jr.
- Priority: GB1218630 20121017; GB1218644.1 20121017; GB1218648.2 20121017
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/071804 WO 20131017
- International Announcement: WO2014/060562 WO 20140424
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H04N5/225 ; G06T3/40 ; G06F17/30 ; G01C3/08 ; G01C11/02 ; H04N5/247 ; H04N5/265 ; B60R1/00 ; G06K9/46 ; G06T1/00 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and systems for performing underwater surveys, in particular on sub-sea installations such as oil and gas pipelines, risers, well-heads and so on. Further the invention relates to providing an augmented underwater image of a scene for use in an under-water survey, using an underwater imaging system comprising a light module, image processing module and a camera module, the light module comprising a plurality of light classes each light class having one or more light sources. The invention uses sequential imaging to provide the augmented output image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160198074A1 IMPROVEMENTS IN RELATION TO UNDERWATER IMAGING FOR UNDERWATER SURVEYS Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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