Cabin TV Muster Guidance for Passenger Navigation on Vessels
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and size of ocean-going vessels can lead to confusion during muster events, especially for elderly and children, due to unfamiliar surroundings and mass movement, even with crew assistance, and this is exacerbated at night.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that activates cabin television displays to show assigned muster locations, computes and displays navigation paths, and optionally activates floor lighting and highlights landmarks, using a data processing system with wireless access points and a guest quarters muster coordination module to guide passengers to their muster stations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If crew members manually assist passengers during muster, then elderly and children receive additional help, but human error and lapses may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic muster coordination where the television and lighting systems serve themselves through automated activation and navigation guidance, eliminating the need for manual crew intervention in each cabin while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical assistance system with an automated electronic system using televisions, lighting controls, and computer-generated navigation paths to guide passengers, substituting human physical assistance with automated technological means
2Ease of operation
If crew members provide assistance during nighttime muster, then confused passengers receive help, but confusion may still arise due to mass movement and unfamiliar surroundings
Solution Approach 1:
The television display acts as an intermediary between the muster control system and passengers, providing clear visual instructions and navigation paths that mediate the complex information needed during nighttime muster, reducing confusion through standardized visual communication
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses lighting changes and visual display activation to signal muster events, creating clear visual distinctions between normal and emergency states, helping passengers quickly understand their situation and required actions despite unfamiliar surroundings
3Ease of operation
If automated television displays provide navigation guidance, then passenger confusion is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The television system performs multiple functions: displaying navigation paths, showing turn-by-turn directions, providing landmark information, and controlling cabin lighting, consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate systems into a single multi-functional platform
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-computes and stores navigation paths and turn-by-turn directions before muster events, so that when an emergency occurs, guidance is immediately available without requiring complex real-time calculations, reducing the operational complexity during critical moments
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for guest quarters coordination during muster on a vessel. In an embodiment of the invention, a guest quarters coordination method during muster on a vessel includes initiating a muster event on a vessel and responding to the muster event, in each cabin on the vessel, by activating a television display in the cabin, retrieving a muster location assigned to the cabin and displaying the muster location on the television display.