ROVS, AUVS, CAMERAS & LIGHTS
OceanTools Launch New C7 Colour Subsea Camera with Light Ring
OceanTools, global supplier of underwater technology, launch the new C7 colour camera adding to their extensive industry leading range of high specification subsea cameras. Differing from its sister products, the OceanTools C7 multipurpose subsea camera has an integral high intensity controllable light ring to illuminate the underwater environment, providing clear video footage at depths down to 6000m.
The compact C7 subsea observation camera offers an impressive 800 TVL resolution composite video output with a Wide Dynamic Range providing superb video quality under all lighting conditions. The integral light ring has 12 LEDs that can provide light output of up to 2,250 lumens.
The unique design is manufactured from Grade 5 Titanium and features separate Sapphire windows for the camera and light ring, to eliminate reflected light.
Brian Hector, Technical Sales Manager, OceanTools said; “I am very proud of the C7 addition to the ever-expanding
family of high specification OceanTools cameras. The C7 has been designed with specific customers’ requirements in mind and utilises the latest CMOS sensor camera technology and high efficiency ultra-bright LED’s in a very small 6000m package. We believe the C7 is the smallest camera currently on the market to be able to offer very high-resolution SD video and integrated LED lamps making it truly versatile.”
The C7 product announcement follows a series of pioneering releases for OceanTools including the high performance C6 Colour Zoom camera producing advanced video imagery at resolutions up to 1080p, launched earlier this year.
Autonomous Operations Under Water-Challenge of Locating and Positioning
Autonomous technologies have become an indispensable part of many everyday processes, such as mobility, and help to make them safer, more efficient and more resource-saving.
In the EU-funded research project SeaClear, the CML develops solutions for autonomous operations under water together with eight partners. SeaClear is a system of autonomous vehicles that identify and collect maritime debris from the air and underwater.
Underwater, environmental parameters place high demands on people and equipment. Great water depths, high pressures, fundamentally
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poor visibility, and darkness after a few meters present limitations or hazards for divers, which is why remotely operated vehicles have long been used in areas of research, exploration, and exploitation.
The turbidity of the water, deflection or attenuation of signals, and the aggressiveness of (salt) water require new approaches. Operations use a lot of electronics and IT. Camera systems and other sensors record environmental data, IT systems process them and develop appropriate responses for dynamic situations. In the SeaClear project, the CML ensures the smooth interaction of hardware and software. The CML is also developing the collection basket for maritime
litter and the special interfaces for the gripper, which is to reliably place collected litter in the basket. This requires some intelligence so that the gripper can safely control the basket.
Pressure sensors and underwater GPS enable three-dimensional localization to within a few meters. The use of further electronic filters and measuring systems limits this radius to one meter. And to actually dock the waste grippper, both optical tools such as light and markers and a mechanical guide rail are used. Successful tests at the Port of Hamburg in May confirmed the functionality of the developments. So the CML is now successfully driving the automation of processes underwater as well.
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