48results about "Navigational route marking" patented technology

A quickly deployable and reconfigurable light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus with high output intensity and precisely controlled beam property is disclosed for navigational aids. The lighting apparatus comprises an array of high intensity LED units with their light beams individually controlled by secondary optical systems. The transformed light beams mix in a pre-determined manner to produce an illumination pattern with desired intensity distribution. The LED lighting apparatus may further comprise a micro-controller, a plurality of sensor elements, and a wireless transceiver for remote monitoring and control. The lighting apparatus can be powered by rechargeable batteries for temporary or semi-permanent lighting. It can also be powered by standard power lines for permanent lighting.

Watercraft automation and aquatic data are utilized for aquatic efforts. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft.

A lighting device having a dual LED point-source assembly containing two high flux LEDs mounted facing each other with LED lenses positioned between the LEDs. At least one heat sink is attached to one of the LEDs. The heat sinks serve to transfer heat from the LEDs to the outside environment. In one embodiment the lighting device is positioned within a fresnel lens to produce a horizontally uniform distribution of light.

A system and method for positioning control and management of racing sailboat positions and velocities includes the strategic placement of a global positioning receiver on the sailboat. Global positioning system (GPS) receiver unit receives GPS signals from positioning satellites. Prior to starting a race, the sailboat takes two line shots of the starting line from beyond one or both ends of the starting line. In response to operator selection via a user input interface connected to the GPS receiver, the boat's respective positions at which the two line shots are taken are each recorded by a processor connected to the GPS receiver. The processor calculates the equation of a straight line corresponding to that of the extended starting line, and plots it in an x-y plane. The processor additionally continuously determines the boat's current location, speed and bearing relative to the start line, and plots its current course in the same x-y plane as the starting line. The processor calculates the projected point of intersection of the boat's current course with the starting line, and produces a visual and/or audible output describing the amount of time until the boat crosses the start line.

A subsea vertical glider robot which supports deployment in subsea oilfield activities is disclosed. This vertical glider robot can also be used in oceanographic research exploration. One application of this vertical glider robot is the autonomous delivery of equipment and sensor systems to a precise predetermined location on the sea floor. The vertical glider robot is deployed from a surface ship or any other suitable sea surface platform and allowed to free fall to the bottom of the ocean. The traversal through the body of water is performed primarily by converting initial potential energy of the apparatus into kinetic energy, it does not use propellers. The traversing of the seafloor is controlled with a steering module that refines orientation while processing information about the vertical glider robot's current position and the target where it has to land.

A system of buoys is connected by vertical cables to submarine fiber optic communications cable on the ocean floor or in cases where no submarine fiber optic cable is present, the buoys will use satellite communication. The buoys are aligned on the surface of the ocean, underneath heavily traveled oceanic air routes to provide platforms for radios. The satellite or cable connection to the buoys enables high bandwidth communications backhaul from the buoy to the internet or public switched telephone network. The high bandwidth buoys provide a platform to put different radio systems, enabling a substantially uninterrupted radio connection to high altitude aircraft as they transit oceanic airspace.

The invention discloses a bridge anti-collision early warning system and method. The system comprises a control center and a plurality of early warning apparatuses, each early warning apparatus comprises a radar detector, an audible-visual alarm, a navigation mark, a navigation mark lamp, a closed buoy, buoy elevation guiding limiting assemblies, anchor bars, and guide rails, the radar detector comprises a radar, a control module and a wireless communication module, the radar and the audible-visual alarm are electrically connected with the control module, the control module is electrically connected with the wireless communication module, the wireless communication module communicates with the control center in a wireless manner, the radar detector, the audible-visual alarm, and the navigation mark are arranged on the buoy, the buoy can move up and down relative to the guide rails under the buoyancy effect of water through the buoy elevation guiding limiting assemblies, and whether an alarm is given and/or whether intrusion ships are notified are/is determined according to the time and area of the ships intruding into a radar monitoring defense area. According to the system and method, the ships can be accurately guided, the alarm is given when the navigation of the ship deviates, and the ships can be prevented from colliding with the bridge.

An apparatus and system for locating a mooring in a field of moorings is provided. The system includes a receiver either releasably attached to or integrally formed with a mooring, and a remote transmitter. The receiver is configured to include one or more visual and/or audible indicators. In other implementations, the receiver is configured to detect the user's boat when the boat is within a predetermined vicinity of the mooring and automatically activate its indicators in response to the vicinity detector.

A system comprising a radar subsystem including a radar transmitter and a radar receiver, and an encoder subsystem including a computer connected to a transmitter and two antennas. The computer is configured to encode and transmit a custom payload AIS Type 8 message. A second computer connected to a receiver and antenna receives the message. The custom payload AIS Type 8 message contains target longitude, latitude fields, range, and bearing fields.

A method for transmitting and receiving the radar track of a target ship including: receiving the radar signal at the own ship; encoding the target ship longitude, latitude, speed, and course into a custom payload AIS Type 8 message; transmitting the custom message to a receiver ship; decoding and displaying the target ship longitude, latitude, course, and speed at the receiver ship.

This invention discloses a light beacon aiming to provide a light beacon of light, easy maintaining, convenient carrying, good color protection and big illumination. This invention consists of signal lamp, top plane stage, base, stake, ladder stand. The top plane stage has energy source of the signal lamp which is set at the top of the plane stage that connects to the top of the stake. The bottom of the stake attaches to the base and the ladder stand fixes to the stake which consists of tube core and the elastic object outside the core. The elastic object includes elastic foam heart and the elastic crust between which there is no clearance. This invention can be widely used in the domain of navigation mark.

The invention discloses an anti-impact navigation mark. The anti-impact navigation mark comprises a columnar navigation mark and is characterized by comprising a disc-like watertight buoy surrounding the navigation mark, wherein the inner space of the steel buoy is divided into 8 to 12 cavities by middle separation plates. When the navigation mark is impacted by a ship, the steel buoy around the navigation mark rotates entirely so that by the normal impact speed is changed, most of the energy toward the navigation mark is decomposed and eliminated, and buffer energy dissipation is realized, thus the damage of the navigation mark is greatly reduced and the safety of the navigation mark is ensured; as the watertight steel buoy is divided into multiple cavities, the steel buoy does not sink too much even when individual cavities leak, thereby effectively increasing the security coefficient of valid use; and moreover, the draft of the steel buoy is definite, and the reliable use of the steel buoy is not influence due to the change of water level.

The invention relates to a beacon light with a cooling function for guiding a ship to sail. The beacon light comprises a first floating block, a hollow pipe, a fixed plate, a light shell, a base plate, a light bead, a processor, a cooling mechanism and a plurality of electricity generating mechanisms. Each electricity generating mechanism comprises a photovoltaic panel, a telescopic assembly, a vertical plate, a second floating block, a lifting unit and a baffle plate. The cooling mechanism comprises a water bag, a water pumping pipe, a water pump, a drainage pipe and a plurality of extrudingassemblies. The beacon light with the cooling function for guiding the ship to sail can perform photovoltaic power generation through the electricity generating mechanisms and reserve equipment operating electric energy, and protect the photovoltaic panels in rainfall. The equipment can be also stably supported. Furthermore, seawater in the water bag can be replaced through the cooling mechanism.Heat of the base plate and the light bead is absorbed and the base plate and the light bead are cooled, so that the service life of the light bead is prolonged and the practicality of the equipment isimproved.

The device for detecting mooring in a navigable area comprises:

• • means for detecting the presence of a boat close to a berthing member or attached to said berthing member,
  • means (56) for transmitting information representative of the detection performed and
  • means (59) for transmitting a request (58) to a communicating portable terminal (56) associated with the user of the boat of which a movement has been detected, in order to receive, in return, an envisaged duration of presence of the boat in the navigable area.

The invention discloses an offshore new energy indicator, and belongs to the field of the offshore new energy indicators. The offshore new energy indicator comprises an offshore pedestal. A stand rod is fixedly connected on the offshore pedestal. A signal indicating lamp is connected on the top end of the stand rod. A first supporting plate is fixedly connected on the left side of the upper end of the stand rod. A wind power generator is fixedly connected on the first supporting plate. The power generation impeller can be blown to rotate by strong wind so that the power generation impeller can drive the input end of the wind power generator to rotate to generate power and store the power in a storage battery for supplying power to the signal indicating lamp. Meanwhile, the wind and the waves in the sea are strong and the water flow fluctuation is sharp so that the float is enabled to move upwardly and downwardly by the effect of water flow in the water to drive the belt to move and drive the belt pulley to rotate under the traction effect of the fixed pulleys, and the generator generates power and stores electric energy in the storage battery for supplying power to the signal indicating lamp and power supply is convenient and the energy can be saved.

The invention discloses a self-luminous pier decoration and its preparation method. The self-luminous pier decoration comprises a transparent thin wall groove and a light-proof back plate for sealing the transparent thin wall groove, wherein the transparent thin wall groove is composed of a side wall and a bottom wall; several holes are arranged on the bottom wall; the inner edge of the hole is provided with an annular rubber fixing sleeve matched with it; a self-luminous material is filled in the transparent thin wall groove, and the annular rubber fixing sleeve is filled by self-luminous screes. The self-luminous pier decoration is simple, reasonable and beautiful in decoration structure; after mounting on the pier, the self-luminous pier decoration is able to decorate the pier and provide light in a dark environment.

A method for integrating and managing a shipment request using a cargo tracking application, the method includes: accessing, by a portable terminal, a cargo shipment management server through the application, receiving shipment course items of cargo, and displaying the shipment course items; receiving, by the portable terminal, an input screen for shipment details information from the cargo shipment management server, displaying the input screen, receiving the shipment details information, and transmitting the shipment details information to the cargo shipment management server; completing, by the cargo shipment management server, a receipt of a shipment request by receiving the shipment details information and providing shipment request receipt information to the portable terminal; providing, by the cargo shipment management server, the portable terminal with information about a car dispatching of a container truck; and providing, by a ship location providing server, the portable terminal with information about a location of a ship.

The invention relates to an automatically controlled lantern by current generation and pertains to the navigational route electric technical field. The circuit consists of a photo resistance, a resistance, a capacitance, a diode, a dynatron, a 555 integrated circuit, a high brightness LED array, a storage battery and a low current generator. The invention is characterized in that: one end of the high brightness LED array is connected with a collector electrode of a composited tube and the other end is connected with an anode of the storage battery; the low current generator in series connection with the diode is connected with both ends of the storage battery; circuit elements are welded on a breadboard and solidified by epoxy resin glue. One end of a center shaft is connected with the lower part of a buoy and the other end is fixed with the low current generator. The adoption of the technical proposal has the advantages and positive effects of current generation and electric energy storage for circuit operation and long service life.

A lighthouse lantern comprising a power supply and a phosphor-containing emitter is disclosed. The lighthouse lantern includes a power supply; a laser diode configured for receiving power from the power supply and irradiating laser in one direction; a phosphor-containing emitter positioned on a traveling line of the laser, wherein the emitter is configured for receiving the laser and emitting light; and a pair of reflective structures disposed symmetrically with respect to the phosphor-containing emitter, wherein each reflective structure has a reflective surface inclined in a direction away from the phosphor-containing emitter, wherein the reflective surfaces of the reflective structures are symmetrical with each other with respect to the phosphor-containing emitter. In accordance with the present disclosure, the lighthouse lantern may generate high output with low input power and thus has improved power efficiency, may suppress frequent failures near sea or seawater, and may reduce production costs.

The invention belongs to the technical field of protective fences, and particularly discloses a coastline fence capable of preventing sharks from invading. The coastline fence capable of preventing the sharks from invading is used for solving the problems that an existing coastline fence is not high in design strength and cannot well prevent the sharks from entering. According to the technical scheme, the coastline fence capable of preventing the sharks from invading comprises a plurality of stand column structures arranged at equal distance and protective structures connected between every two adjacent stand column structures, the stand column structures comprise sleeve columns and rotating rods, the sleeve columns are poured into a dam, and threaded grooves are formed in the top ends ofthe sleeve columns; and the rotating rods are in threaded connection with the sleeve columns at the positions of the threaded grooves, first through holes are formed in one sides of the sleeve columns, and the sleeve columns are provided with bolts at the positions of first through holes. According to the coastline fence capable of preventing the sharks from invading, irradiation orange light is additionally arranged, reflection ability and refraction ability are improved, and the sharks can be expelled; and meanwhile, warning light illuminating can be carried out at night, fishing boats are prevented from hitting the fence, the fence is more stable through wire ropes on two sides, and a glass film prevents the coastline fence from being damaged by the pulling of sea grass.

The invention discloses an anti-reef electric light source device based on automatic triggering during sea level rising, which comprises a stud fixedly mounted on a reef in a threaded manner, the stud is fixedly provided with a sliding rod, and the sliding rod is fixedly provided with a mounting plate located above the water surface through a mounting assembly; and a floating seat floating on the water is mounted on the sliding rod in a sliding manner. The acousto-optic warning lamp has the advantages that through cooperative use of the mounting base, the toothed bar, the supporting rod, the rotating shaft and the scraping plate, the acousto-optic warning lamp can start to work quickly when the flood tide water surface reaches a certain height, and meanwhile the acousto-optic warning lamp is simple in structure and more time-saving and labor-saving to manufacture and mount; the second cover body improves a certain shielding and protecting effect on the part, located above the water body, of the second cover body, and meanwhile the second cover body can shake to a certain extent in the horizontal direction when flapped by sea waves or large sea wind due to the arrangement of the shaking structure, so that the impact force directly borne by the second cover body is reduced; and the cover body II can be better used.