Patent ID: 11960044
Assignee: KRAKEN ROBOTICS SERVICES LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A sub-bottom geophysical imaging apparatus, comprising:
a carriage assembly having mounted thereon at least one acoustic transmitter, and at least one acoustic receiver mounted proximate the transmitter;
a line array of acoustic receivers mounted on the carriage assembly in a direction transverse to a direction of motion of the carriage assembly;
a position determining transponder mounted on the carriage assembly;
a plurality of position determining transponders disposed at spaced apart positions and configured to communicate with the transponder mounted on the carriage assembly;
at least two tracks for moving the carriage assembly to selected positions above a bottom of a body of water;
current source and voltage measuring electrodes for a resistivity sensor, and a shear acoustic transmitter and receiver disposed in at least one of the pair of tracks so as to move with the carriage assembly; and
a signal detection and processing unit configured to coherently stack and beam steer signals detected by the line array of acoustic receivers, the electrodes and the shear acoustic transmitter and receiver, the signal detection and processing unit configured to record signals detected by the line array of acoustic receivers, the electrodes and the shear acoustic transmitter and receiver.