Method and apparatus for autonomous buoy-based situational awareness for flying boats

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11679895
APP PUB NO 20210276729A1
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17130682

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A method for establishing a situational awareness of a surface of a body of water is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes deploying a plurality of autonomous buoys under or on the surface of the body of water; and scattering the plurality of autonomous buoys to form a mesh communication network.

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ROCKWELL COLLINS INC400 COLLINS ROAD NE LINN BUILDING 105 CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52498

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Bonner, Jacob Amana, US 1 0
Sundararaj, Laveen Vikram Hyderabad, IN 7 23
Swarner, Nicolas Cedar Rapids, US 1 0

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