50results about "Communication means" patented technology

A method for a collision avoidance system of a host marine vessel, and to updating vessel classifications and navigational statuses of marine vessels.

Disclosed is a maritime vessel 100 configured to be deployed from a mothership 110, comprising a RADAR, wherein data from the RADAR is transmitted to a remote location for aggregation with other RADAR data to thereby extend overall RADAR coverage of an area. The remote location is preferably the mothership. The vessels radar is arranged to be demountable from the vessel and preferably in a modular form comprising a first module comprising an antenna and a second module comprising a processor arranged for mounting on the vessel. The radar preferably being an active electronically scanned array AESA and preferably including electro-optic / Infra red EO / IR sensors.

Low size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), flexible programmability and rapid run-time reconfigurability are desired features for the design of adaptive, underwater wireless communication modems for micro autonomous underwater vehicle (μAUV) swarms. Disclosed herein are first-generation and second-generation software and hardware design of a new class of low SWaP-C underwater modems that can accommodate wide-band acoustic front-ends and achieve s-level reconfigurability during run-time. By dynamically mapping certain signal processing operations of the acoustic communication stack to the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and others to the embedded processing system of the modem's System-on-Chip, data rates of up to 2000 bps can be achieved in ranges up to 50 m with the implementation of custom programmable logic.

An evacuation guidance system includes: an evacuation guidance management system that acquires information of a disaster which has occurred in a marine vessel, acquires passenger position information in the marine vessel, formulates an evacuation route, and specifies a passenger to be subjected to evacuation guidance and a position of the passenger; and a mobile body that performs control to move an own device to the position of the specified passenger on the basis of the specified passenger and the position of the passenger and to move the own device along the evacuation route while outputting guidance information to the passenger.

The invention relates to an underwater communication system configured to transmit data between an underwater vehicle (100-1) and a remote device and / or another underwater vehicle (100-2), comprising a radiating cable (115) having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a radiating cable immersion device attached to the first end of the radiating cable, a radiating cable guide attached to the second end of the radiating cable, a modem (120) connected to the radiating cable, a receive-transmit module (125) connected to the modem, with the modem and the receive-transmit module configured to transmit, as a guided signal through the radiating cable, data received by the receive-transmit module and / or to transmit, via the receive-transmit module, data obtained from a guided signal received from the radiating cable. (See Figure 3 for abbreviations.)

The invention provides a remote controller, a terminal and a shipborne device. A control section of the terminal acquires a current position of the vessel and a current position of the terminal in response to receiving an input of an operation for controlling a predetermined propulsive force of the vessel. The control unit of the terminal calculates the relative distance between the ship and the terminal on the basis of the current position of the ship and the current position of the terminal. A control unit of the terminal determines a predetermined control amount of the propulsive force on the basis of the calculated relative distance. The control unit of the terminal transmits, to the ship, a remote signal including a command for controlling the predetermined propulsive force in accordance with the determined control amount.

A marine surround sensing system for controls a marine vessel. The marine surround sensing system has Light Detection And Ranging, LiDAR, sensors mounted around the marine vessel for registering surroundings of the marine vessel. The surroundings comprise obstacles and water. A control unit with neural network processes info about the registered surroundings which has been registered by the LiDAR sensors. The control unit is programmed to visualize the registered surroundings based on LiDAR data enriched by the neural network where the registered information has been classified into class objects in order to distinct between different types of objects in the surroundings.

To provide a method for a collision avoidance system of a host marine ship, and to update a ship classification and a navigation status of a marine ship.SOLUTION: The present method is started by obtaining sensory data from a sensor, which allows the present system to detect and classify marine targets based on their type and navigation status. Incorporating current route planning and navigation marine chart data allows the present system to assess potential obstructions and adjust a navigation route accordingly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

The controller of the terminal acquires a current position of the ship and a current position of the terminal in response to receiving an input of an operation for controlling a predetermined propulsive force of the ship. The controller of the terminal calculates a relative distance between the ship and the terminal according to a current position of the ship and a current position of the terminal. The controller of the terminal determines a control amount of a predetermined propulsive force according to the calculated relative distance. The controller of the terminal transmits to the ship a remote signal including a command for controlling the predetermined propulsive force according to the determined control amount.

The instant invention describes devices and methods of measuring the differential air pressure at numerous representative points across the surface of the sail or sails or aerofoils and providing visual feedback of areas of ideal laminar flow and areas of less than optimal airflow with a calculation of thrust and providing an indication the maximal differential airflow and thrust. The invention utilizes an array of sensors that detect minute variations in barometric pressure and other data on each side of the sail surface. These sensors are connected together to form a network or net across the sail or aerofoil sail surface. This connection can be physical, using wires, or it may be wireless, using for example, but certainly not being limited to, Bluetooth LE 5.0 or other wireless topologies or technologies. This can be extended over multiple sails and monitor not only the sail but the interaction of the sails. Finally it can utilize a combination of wired and wireless connections to fit individual situations and can couple with existing terrestrial and satellite ship networks allowing for or aiding in automated control of the sails by the network.

The invention relates to a subsea load monitoring apparatus (1) comprising: - a load sensor (40) having a first end (41) and a second end (42); - a central processing unit (61) configured for processing measurements from the load sensor (40); - a battery (60) for powering the central processing unit (61); - an activation device (63) being configured for activating the central processing unit (61) from an idle operational mode to an active operational mode; - a first and a second load attachment means (51, 52) connected to the first and second end (41, 42) of the load sensor (40), respectively; and - an output device (90) for the processed measurements from the load sensor (40). The invention relates furthermore to a subsea load monitoring system (10) and methods for use of the subsea load monitoring system (10).

A control device for a vessel is disclosed. The device includes a universal interface that can be selectively connected to a plurality of sensors, a touch screen, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to, based on one of the plurality of sensors being connected to the universal interface and information on the connected sensor being input through the touch screen, control the touch screen to match and display a sensing value received through the universal interface and the input information, and diagnose a state of a system wherein the plurality of sensors are installed based on an artificial intelligence learning model stored in the memory and the sensing value.

Each of a plurality of propulsion machines of the control system includes a propulsion machine controller. The propulsion machine position determiner of the control system includes the propulsion machine controllers and a gateway device. The gateway device has a plurality of connection ports connected to a communication bus, and includes a single or a plurality of gateway controllers connected to each other in series via the connection ports and the communication bus. The propulsion machine controllers of two of the propulsion machines are communicably connected to different connection ports of the gateway controller provided corresponding to a pair of the two propulsion machines. The gateway controllers individually communicate with the two propulsion machine controllers to recognize the presence or absence of the propulsion machines having the propulsion machine controllers, and outputs recognition information based on recognition results of the propulsion machines from the different connection ports.

The present invention discloses a real-time vessel identity and image matching system and operating method thereof. Specifically, the real-time vessel identity and image matching system comprises a processing module, a storage module, at least one camera and a water surface object information receiving module. The processing module may match the camera location information, image recognition information which are provided by the camera with the water surface information which is provided by the water surface object information receiving module, generating a water surface object information tag. Therefore, the processing module is able to label the water surface object information tag beside the water surface object which is displayed.

An underwater docking station comprises a cage frame (11), which has an inlet port (12) and delimits an internal housing (6) for accommodating an underwater vehicle (7); a first acoustic transceiver assembly (14) configured to exchange acoustic signals with the underwater vehicle (7); a first optical transceiver (15) assembly configured to exchange optical signals with the underwater vehicle (7); an integrated electronic system (28) comprising a control unit (16), which is in communication with the first acoustic transceiver assembly (14) and with the first optical transceiver assembly (15), and is configured to generate acoustic signals and / or optical signals for driving the underwater vehicle (7) along a return path toward the inlet port (12) of the cage frame (11) and to transmit said generated signals to the underwater vehicle (7) by means of the first acoustic transceiver assembly (14) and / or the first optical transceiver assembly.

A system and method for implementing a high speed link between a mobile cache and an edge cache. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a mobile cache deployed on a vessel / vehicle, the mobile cache to store multimedia content to be provided to passengers on the vessel / vehicle; a first network device including a first plurality of wireless network antennas communicatively coupled to the mobile cache; an edge cache deployed at a designated location at which the vessel / vehicle is expected; a second network device including a second plurality of wireless network antennas communicatively coupled to the edge cache; wherein upon arrival at the designated location, each of the first plurality of wireless network antennas is paired with at least one of the second plurality of wireless network antennas to establish a plurality of simultaneous wireless links to exchange multimedia content between the edge cache and the mobile cache.

A subsea load monitoring apparatus having: a load sensor having a first end and a second end; a central processing unit configured for processing measurements from the load sensor; a battery for powering the central processing unit; an activation device being configured for activating the central processing unit from an idle operational mode to an active operational mode; a first and a second load attachment means connected to the first and second end of the load sensor, respectively; and an output device for the processed measurements from the load sensor. A subsea load monitoring system and methods for use of the subsea load monitoring system.

Floating platform assemblies include self-stabilizing features and a housing with at least two articulating wings extending outwardly therefrom. Each wing includes a pivot assembly at a proximal end, a spring assembly operatively connected to the pivot assembly, solar panels disposed thereon, and a float at a distal end. The pivot assemblies permit independent articulation of each wing to compensate for wind and wave forces while maintaining the wings in a substantially horizontal orientation. A payload may be coupled to the housing and may be in electrical communication with a controller for data collection. A wireless communication module transmits collected data to remote systems. Methods for deploying distributed data collection networks include transitioning the assemblies from a collapsed state to a deployed state in a body of water, collecting and processing data, and communicating among multiple assemblies to aggregate composite data sets.

A sensor buoy comprising: a buoy casing configured to float on a body of water; an antenna mounted to the buoy casing so as to limit an RF range of view to no more than fifteen kilometers; an instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) receiver mounted to the buoy casing and communicatively coupled to the antenna; a pulse descriptor word (PDW) generator mounted to the buoy casing and configured to receive an output from the IFM receiver; a processor configured to receive PDWs generated by the PDW generator and to calculate a corresponding pulse repetition interval (PRI); a magnetometer communicatively coupled to the processor; a scheduler communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to control when the sensor buoy transmits information; and a transmitter communicatively coupled to the scheduler and configured to format data from the processor into a correct format and packet structure for transmission.

A marine transportation system is disclosed, comprising a first hydrofoil vessel (P), referred to as a pilot hydrofoil vessel, and at least one second hydrofoil vessel (S), referred to as a following hydrofoil vessel, communication means (TCP, TCS) allowing the exchange of information between the pilot hydrofoil vessel (P) and the following hydrofoil vessel (S), the pilot hydrofoil vessel (P) comprising a cockpit, a control unit (UC1) and geolocation means (GP), the following hydrofoil vessel (S) comprises a control unit (UC2) and a geolocation device (GS), said transportation system being configured to operate at least in an imitation mode, in which the guide hydrofoil vessel (P) is controlled by the driver and the following hydrofoil vessel (S) reproduces the movement behavior of the guide hydrofoil vessel, and in a differentiation mode, in which the guide hydrofoil vessel (P) is controlled by the driver and the following hydrofoil vessel (S) reproduces the movement behavior of the guide hydrofoil vessel. The motion behavior of the following hydrofoil vessel (S) is controlled by the guiding hydrofoil vessel (P).

Rescue flotation systems for use in near-shore and offshore environments to assist with rescue of individuals in dangerous aquatic conditions are disclosed. The rescue flotation systems include a flotation body having a grabbable ring positioned around an outer perimeter, an internal storage compartment, an emergency call actuator configured to trigger a distress response upon activation by a person in distress, a location tracker, a communications system configured to transmit a wireless distress signal including the location to responders upon activation, a distress indicator configured to emit a local visual and / or audible distress signal upon activation, and a power supply (e.g., solar panel) configured to power the location tracker, the communications system, and the distress indicator. Some of the rescue flotation systems further include life-sustaining and first-aid supplies stored in the internal storage compartment.

A subsea structure monitoring system can include a base device configured to be secured to a subsea structure. The subsea structure monitoring system can also include a release mechanism disposed within the base device, where the release mechanism has a default state and a released state. The subsea structure monitoring system can further include a buoy detachably coupled to the release mechanism, where the buoy includes a housing that houses a communication module and a switch. The subsea structure monitoring system can also include a trigger that is configured to convert the release mechanism from the default state to the released state. The release mechanism can be converted from the default state to the released state when the trigger exerts a minimum force on the release mechanism.

The present invention relates to an onboard communication device and method. According to the present invention, by combining magnetic material-based magnetic field communication, which utilizes metal surfaces as a medium for communication, with existing wireless and wired communication methods, it enables wireless connections even in environments where wireless communication is not possible, such as the interior of a ship. This minimizes the need for wired connections and allows for the easy establishment of an onboard communication environment with a simpler configuration and lower costs. The invention provides an onboard communication system and method using magnetic material-based magnetic field communication that enables this.

The invention discloses a control system and method for an unmanned ship loaded with an unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ship, and the system comprises an environment sensing module which is disposed on the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle, and is used for collecting the external environment data, such as the wind speed, the wave height, the pressure, and the temperature, in real time; the autonomous decision module is arranged on the unmanned ship and controls the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle to act based on the data of the environment sensing module; and the communication module is arranged on the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle and is used for communication between the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned ship is communicated with a land control center. According to the unmanned ship control system and method loaded with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ship, in the task execution process, the external environment can be automatically judged, floating task execution or diving risk avoiding can be automatically determined, whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is released or not can be automatically judged, and the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle do not need to be manually controlled.

The present invention generally relates to a method for a collision avoidance system of a host marine vessel, and to updating vessel classifications and navigational statuses of marine vessels.

An electronic chart system (ECS) is configured to be coupled to a user interface. In one embodiment, the ECS is implemented using a logic device configured to obtain a predicted fix for a watercraft position. Based on the predicted fix, the logic device obtains an electronic chart of an area containing a location of the predicted fix. The logic device searches the electronic chart for static objects whose ranges and / or bearings are viewable from the watercraft at the predicted fix location. Other systems, methods, and devices are also provided.

The invention relates to an underwater communication system configured to transmit data between an underwater vehicle (100-1) and a remote device and / or another underwater vehicle (100-2), comprising a radiating cable (115) having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a radiating cable immersion device fixed to the first end of the radiating cable, a radiating cable guide element fixed to the second end of the radiating cable, a modem (120) connected to the radiating cable, a receive-transmit module (125) connected to the modem, with the modem and the receive-transmit module configured to transmit, as a guided signal through the radiating cable, data received by the receive-transmit module and / or to transmit, via the receive-transmit module, data obtained from a guided signal received from the radiating cable.

A system (1) for remotely operating a watercraft (10) includes a controller (4), a communication portion (5), and a communication switching portion (6). The controller (4) is disposed in the watercraft (10) and controls the watercraft (10). The communication portion (5) is disposed in the watercraft (10) and is capable of a satellite communication utilizing a satellite and a terrestrial communication utilizing a ground base station. The communication switching portion (6) switches communication methods of the communication portion (5) from one to another. When radio waves transmitted from the ground base station are unreceivable, the communication switching portion (6) switches the communication methods of the communication portion 5 from the terrestrial communication to the satellite communication.

A sensor buoy comprising: a buoy casing configured to float on a body of water; an antenna mounted to the buoy casing so as to limit an RF range of view to no more than fifteen kilometers; an instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) receiver mounted to the buoy casing and communicatively coupled to the antenna; a pulse descriptor word (PDW) generator mounted to the buoy casing and configured to receive an output from the IFM receiver; a processor configured to receive PDWs generated by the PDW generator and to calculate a corresponding pulse repetition interval (PRI); a magnetometer communicatively coupled to the processor; a scheduler communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to control when the sensor buoy transmits information; and a transmitter communicatively coupled to the scheduler and configured to format data from the processor into a correct format and packet structure for transmission.

A method and apparatus for transmitting a notification in a vessel using metal body communication are provided. The apparatus for transmitting a notification in a vessel using metal body communication includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with a wireless communication relay device for performing metal body communication, a processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus is configured to receive information about an event occurring in the vessel, determine, based on at least one of a type and a risk level of the event, a notification recipient to which a notification message about the event is transmitted, and transmit, through the wireless communication relay device, the notification message to one or more radios corresponding to the determined notification recipient.