Marine Vessel Control System Wireless Authentication Battery Switch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional marine vessel control systems require multiple operations from the operator to supply power to the engine controller, including unlocking a locked battery chamber, opening the door, switching the battery switch, and performing authentication control processing, which increases the work burden on the operator.
Innovation Solution
A control system that integrates a portable device with a battery switch operator and a receiving device, allowing for wireless authentication and switch control signals to remotely manage the current path between the engine controller and the battery, reducing the need for mechanical key operation and simplifying the process by combining authentication and switch control functions into a single portable device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a battery switch is disposed in a locked battery chamber and requires mechanical key operation, then security and protection of the battery system is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to multiple steps required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the battery switch with the main power supply switch into a single integrated switch. This merging eliminates the need for separate mechanical key operation and multiple switching steps, allowing the operator to control battery power supply through a single authentication-based operation while maintaining security through the authentication control processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical key-based battery switch operation with a wireless authentication system. The portable device communicates with the receiving device to perform authentication control processing, substituting the mechanical key insertion and turning action with wireless signal transmission and electronic authentication, thereby eliminating the locked battery chamber mechanism.
2Reliability
If multiple separate operations are required to supply power to the engine controller, then control precision and security are improved, but the work burden on the operator increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the battery switch function with the main power supply switch function into a single integrated switch. This combination allows the authentication control processing to simultaneously control both the battery power supply and the main power supply, reducing the number of separate operations from four or more steps to a single authentication-based operation, thereby reducing work burden while maintaining control precision.
3Reliability
If authentication control processing is performed separately from battery switch operation, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the authentication control processing with the battery switch operation by combining the battery switch and main power supply switch into a single switch. The receiving device performs authentication control processing that simultaneously controls the integrated switch, merging what were previously separate control functions into a unified system, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining authentication security.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces the operator's workload by enabling remote control of the current path and authentication processing, minimizing the number of portable devices needed and simplifying the operation, while maintaining system complexity and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a portable device (1) that transmits an authentication signal (SA), which is a wireless signal for authentication
Implementation Method 2
The portable device (1) transmits a switch control signal (SS), which is a wireless signal to open or close the current path
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AI summary
A control system (100, 200) of a marine vessel (110) includes a portable device (1, 201) and a receiving device (13). The portable device transmits a switch control signal (SS) to the receiving device based on an input operation. The control system of the marine vessel performs authentication control processing based on an authentication signal (SA) from the portable device, and controls opening or closing of a current path (3, 115, 115a, 115b, 203) based on the switch control signal from the portable device.