Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 04/2024
Analysis tool simplifies detection and classification of objects
The Norwegian ocean-technology company, Kongsberg Discovery, has introduced an analysis tool developed in partnership with underwater imaging specialist Cathx Ocean, developed to “radically reduce the time and effort required to detect and classify objects of interest in seabed surveys” undertaken by Kongsberg’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Kongsberg HISAS’ (high resolution interferometric synthetic aperture sonar) scans of the seafloor contain extensive visual information that requires a highly trained eye to detect objects of interest manually....