Sensory
data from the metal detector is recorded to the Navigators internal
solid-state hard-drive where Shark Marine’s Divelog software correlates
it to the position data from the systems multiple navigation sensors.
The data is provided to the diver both graphically and audibly. Integration
with the Navigator also allows the diver to take full advantage of the
systems additional features such as the multi-beam imaging sonar which
provides him with visual target detection capabilities and guidanceeven
through the murkiest of waters.
The Navigator, diver-held imaging sonar and navigation system has been
in use by many of the world’s navies since its inception in 2005.
Its modular design allows it to be easily configured for mission specific
operations from search and recovery to ship hull inspections to mine-countermeasures
and more. Additional options include a proton magnetometer, an HD camera,
an underwater head-mounted display, a selection of long and short range
sonar heads, a radiation detector, through water communications and
various positioning systems dependent on the accuracy required. The
Navigator may also be integrated with Shark Marine’s MAKO, diver
delivery system to give it autonomous operation capabilities.
Shark Marine’s Divelog Control software is the program that ties
all the different Navigator options including the Ebinger metal detector,
together into one easy system, operated entirely through the use of
only two thumb-sticks. Divelog’s capabilities have matured alongside
those of the Navigator to the point where it’s now the control
software for all of Shark Marine’s underwater systems including
sidescans, pole-mounted sonars, video systems, diver delivery systems
and our complete line of remotely operated vehicles. One software to
handle all the tools and then, when the mission is complete, to automatically
compile a complete report into an easy electronically transferrable
format.
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Photo
courtesy of Chad Nelson