Ship Bow Detection Layout Above Deck for Vibration Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional detection devices installed on the bow of a ship are prone to arrangement position aberration, breakage, and dirt adhesion due to vibrations and splashes during navigation, leading to a decline in detection function.

Innovation Solution

The detection device is mounted on a structure erected above the deck, specifically on the bow side of the ship, with a camera and millimeter wave radar positioned above the hull, and calibrated using markers and corner reflectors on the deck to maintain accurate detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the detection device is installed on the bow of the ship, then the detection function can cover the front area, but the device is exposed to vibrations and splashes causing arrangement position aberration, breakage and dirt adhesion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection functionVSAvoidvibrations and splashes
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The detection device is relocated from the horizontal bow surface to the vertical superstructure above the deck. This dimensional change in installation position allows the device to maintain front-area detection coverage while being positioned in a environment with reduced vibrations and splashes, thus resolving the contradiction between detection reliability and exposure to harmful factors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If the detection device is installed on the bow, then it can detect objects in front of the ship, but the detection function declines due to arrangement position aberration, breakage and dirt adhesion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoiddetection function stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By moving the detection device to the superstructure above the deck, the installation position is changed from a vibration-prone horizontal surface to a more stable vertical structure. This dimensional relocation maintains the detection field of view while significantly reducing exposure to harmful environmental factors, thereby preserving both measurement precision and detection function stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12493119B2Detection device
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A detection device is provided on a ship and detects a predetermined range positioned in front of the ship, the detection device being provided on a structure erected above a deck of the ship and being provided on a part positioned on a side of a bow of the structure.