System and method for stabilizing multiple flatforms onboard a v

Details System and method for stabilizing multiple flatforms onboard a v System and method for stabilizing multiple flatforms onboard a v

1997-06-16

1998-06-23

Avila, Stephen

Ships

Ballasting

B63B 908

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057690200

ABSTRACT:
Platforms on a vessel in motion are stabilized relative to one another and relative to the vessel. Primary sensors sense the position and orientation of the vessel's center of mass, which it uses as a common reference. Secondary sensors sense local platform motion to compensate for positional variations due to the vessel flexing or other localized motion. A computational system processes secondary position information relative to the common reference and calculates adjustments required to stabilize the localized platforms. By using secondary sensors in conjunction with the primary sensors, the platforms are stabilized in real time without accumulation of position error over time and are capable of being synchronized to each other.

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patent: 4926778 (1990-05-01), Johnston
patent: 5586512 (1996-12-01), Orbeck
"KVH's Actively Stabilized Antenna Pedestals (ASAP)", KVH Industries, Inc., Middletown, Rhode Island.

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