AUTONOMOUS BUOY STATION FOR MEASURING CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER SURFACE WAVES Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC G01C13/00 B63B22/00 G01W1/02 

FIELD: measuring.

SUBSTANCE: claimed invention relates to means of measuring the characteristics of the disturbance of the water surface. An autonomous buoy station consists of: a transmitter station in which a microcontroller, a laser rangefinder, a three-axis gyroscope, an accelerometer, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a coordinate sensor, a wireless radio module, a power source connected by wire to a USB connector flush with the outer surface of the housing are fixed and interconnected; a float with which connects the housing of the transmitter station with the help of a rod; the receiver module, in the housing of which a microcontroller and a wireless radio module are located and interconnected. The housing of the transmitter station and the housing of the receiver module are made in the dust and moisture proof and have positive buoyancy. Tags with radio frequency identification are located in the housing of the transmitter station and in the housing of the receiver module, and the rod is made in the form of a cylinder with positive buoyancy. The float is designed to provide positive buoyancy to the rod-connected body of the transmitter station in any disturbance of the water surface, as well as the ability to attach anchors and rods to the lower surface of the float; reflective markings are placed on the upper surface of the float.

EFFECT: technical result is to simplify the search for a buoy, especially at night and when the water surface is very rough.

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