| US 7,559,236 B1 | ||
| Portable profiler for profiling a marine biosphere and method of assembling the profiler | ||
| David Lapota, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Gregory Wayne Anderson, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/726,205. | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—170.29 | 42 Claims |
| 1. A portable profiler for profiling a marine biosphere, comprising:
a housing;
a ballast coupled to said housing for controlling movement of said housing in the biosphere;
a light-sensitive detector assembly coupled to said housing for detecting bioluminescence, said detector assembly capable
of generating an output signal in response to the bioluminescence detected thereby; and
a data analysis and storage device coupled to said light-sensitive detector assembly for receiving the output signal.
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