Patent ID: 7194975
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B63C,B63G,G05B

Abstract:
1. A health monitoring system for an unmanned underwater vehicle docking station, comprising: a plurality of UUVs; a plurality of UUV equipment disposed within each of the UUVS; an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) docking station having a plurality of docking station equipment disposed therein; a monitor circuit adapted to receive signals representative of performance of the docking station equipment and signals representative of performance of the UUV equipment, the monitor circuit operable, upon receipt of the signals, to (i) determine a health status of the docking station equipment, (ii) generate docking station health status data representative of docking station equipment health, (iii) determine a health status of the UUV equipment and (iv) generate UUV health status data representative of UUV equipment health; and a transceiver circuit configured to receive at least the docking station health status data from the monitor circuit and transmit the docking station health status data to a remote station.