SEASENSE

Computer hardware and software for receiving and processing sensor data; sensors for measuring freshwater parameters, namely, acidity, acoustic impedance, alkalinity, carbon dioxide, conductivity, density, dissolved organic matter, flow, inorganic chemical compositions including ammonia, calcium, magnesium, nitrates, nitrites, organic nitrogen, phosphorous, phosphates, metals, metal alloys, pH, temperature, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, turbidity and viscosity; sensors for measuring saltwater parameters, namely, acidity, acoustic impedance, alkalinity, carbon dioxide, conductivity, density, dissolved organic matter, flow, inorganic chemical compositions including ammonia, calcium, magnesium, nitrates, nitrites, organic nitrogen, phosphorous, phosphates, metals, metal alloys, pH, temperature, total suspended solids, turbidity and viscosity; depth sensors; pressure sensors; leak detection sensors for detecting leaks in underwater pipelines carrying gases, oils, solids and/or liquids; sensors for measuring salinity, namely, salinometers; sensors for measuring water pollutants; sensors for measuring chlorophyll; sensors for measuring turbidity; sensors for measuring conductivity; sensors for measuring dissolved oxygen; sensors for measuring water currents; sensors for measuring water flow; sensors for underwater measurement of motion; sensors for color measurement, namely, colorimeters; sensors for thickness measurement; sensors for measuring optical properties of water, namely, color, irradiance, radiance, refractive index, single and multiple wavelength absorption of light, single and multiple wavelength scattering of light, single and multiple wavelength transmittance of light, transmittance, volume scattering functions; sensors for measuring optical attenuation; sensors for measuring optical absorption; sensors for measuring light scattering; fluorometers; computer processors and operating software therefor; systems for performing data logging and associated data processing comprised of underwater sensors for data acquisition in the nature of physical and chemical parameter sensors, computer processors and operating software therefor; systems for automated data processing comprised of computer hardware and software for receiving sensor data and storing the sensor data in memory; automatic sensor-based alerting systems comprised of underwater devices for data acquisition in the nature of physical and chemical parameter sensors, data processors, devices for providing audible or visual alarms in the nature of visual and acoustic alarms and software for analyzing sensor data, sending alarm data and triggering alarms; motion detection systems with automated camera and lighting systems comprised of underwater lights in the nature of emergency warning lights, motion detectors, acoustic and audio pickup devices and cameras, data processors for processing detected motion signals and detecting motion in video data, electronic memories for storing video, audio or acoustic data associated with detected motion, electronic controllers for controlling lights, cameras, acoustic and audio devices and memory devices; video and image capture systems comprised of underwater cameras and acoustic and audio pickups for capturing audio, video, acoustic data or images underwater; devices for sending and receiving underwater audio, video, acoustic data and images, namely, underwater cameras and memory for display and storage of captured underwater images or video; digital signal processors for receiving and processing audio, video, acoustics and image data from underwater memory devices for storing acquired underwater audio, video acoustics and images; systems comprised of underwater lighting in the nature of emergency warning lights, cameras and spectrometers, data processors and software therefor for controlling underwater lights, cameras and spectrometers, memory devices for storing data acquired from underwater cameras and spectrometers