AR Vessel Maneuvering Interface for Intuitive Docking Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vessel maneuvering systems lack intuitive and easy methods for setting target positions and attitudes, particularly in marine environments, which can complicate navigation and docking processes.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality (AR) vessel maneuvering system that uses processing circuitry to generate and display a vessel object in a virtual three-dimensional space, allowing users to intuitively set target positions and attitudes through a head-mounted display, and outputs commands to navigation devices for execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional vessel maneuvering systems are used, then navigation functions are provided, but the method for setting target position and attitude is not intuitive and easy
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a virtual copy of the vessel (vessel object) in the AR environment that mirrors the real vessel's properties and behavior. This virtual vessel object can be manipulated directly by the user through intuitive interactions such as dragging and dropping, which automatically translates to navigation commands for the real vessel, thereby simplifying the operation of setting target position and attitude without requiring complex manual input procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The AR environment serves as an intermediary layer between the user and the complex navigation system. Instead of directly interacting with complex navigation parameters and controls, the user interacts with the simplified vessel object in the AR display, which then mediates the translation of these simple interactions into appropriate navigation commands for the vessel's control systems.
2Ease of operation
If AR interface is implemented for vessel control, then intuitiveness of target position and attitude setting is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The AR system integrates multiple functions into a single unified interface: it displays the real-world view, renders the virtual vessel object, detects user operations on the vessel object, determines navigation parameters from the vessel object's state, and transmits commands to the navigation device. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into one integrated AR platform, improving intuitiveness while managing overall system complexity through consolidation.
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AI summary
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an augmented reality (AR) vessel maneuvering system and method capable of intuitively and easily setting at least one of: a target position and an attitude of a vessel. The AR vessel maneuvering system includes processing circuitry configured to generate an image including a vessel object representing a vessel in a region corresponding to a viewpoint position and a line-of-sight direction, superimpose and display the image including the vessel object on an outside scene of the region corresponding to the viewpoint position and the line-of-sight direction, detect an operation on the vessel object displayed in the image, and output a command to a navigation device used for navigating the vessel to execute a navigation operation corresponding to the operation on the vessel object. The navigation device is a marine navigation device.