Patent ID: 8653967
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B63B,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively transmitting communication signals from a communications buoy to a remote receiver, the communications buoy including a sensor and an emitter device, the method comprising: detecting conditions local to the communications buoy using the sensor; generating local conditions data corresponding to the local conditions detected by the sensor; using the local conditions data, determining and/or predicting a clear transmission time during which communication signals from the emitter device have an adequately clear transmission path to the remote receiver for successful transmission of communication signals from the emitter device to the remote receiver; and adaptively transmitting communication signals from the emitter device to the remote receiver as a function of the determined and/or predicted clear transmission time; wherein generating the local conditions data includes deriving the local conditions data from sensor signals generated by the sensor, the sensor signals corresponding to the conditions local to the emitter device.