Abstract:
A planing boat sailing assisting device includes a sensor and a data processing apparatus mounted on a planing boat. The sensor is configured to obtain not reflected light of laser light applied to a water surface but natural visible light or infrared light coming from the water surface obliquely below the sensor, by using a global shutter. The data processing apparatus obtains data obtained by the sensor, at a frame rate of not lower than FPS and not higher than 100 FPS, and generates wave data related at least to a height of a wave and a time until arrival of the wave based on sets of data obtained by the sensor, at least once every second. The data processing apparatus outputs the generated wave data to at least one of a wave display or a controller.
Abstract:
A navigation and positioning system for an underwater glider includes a micro-electro-mechanical system inertial measurement unit, a global positioning system receiving module, a triaxial magnetometer, a Doppler velocimeter, and an integrated navigation hardware processing system. If a navigation and positioning error is too large, the underwater glider stops working in real time and switches from the underwater working state to the up floating error correction state; and when velocity and location errors of a GPS/INS integrated navigation system are smaller than specified thresholds, the underwater glider switches from the up floating error correction state to the underwater working state and continues to work. An H∞ Kalman filter algorithm based on an adaptive multiple fading factor is established to ensure robustness and adaptability of navigation and positioning of a glider.
Abstract:
A marine vessel advisory system may be configured to calculate and provide operational information that show fuel consumption savings based on adjustment of vessel speed and/or heading. In an embodiment, the advisory system may operate real-time to collect operational and/or environmental conditions information to be used to calculate alternative operational performance of the marine vessel that will save fuel and reduce emissions. The calculations may include a simulation, machine learning, and/or artificial intelligence to determine a speed and/or heading of the marine vessel that will reduce fuel consumption. The advisory system may display the computed information for the operator, and the operator may elect to switch to the alternative operating parameters (e.g., slower speed). In an embodiment, the advisory system may interact directly with a marine vessel system and automatically cause the marine vessel system to adjust operating parameters based on computed operating parameters that saves fuel and reduces emissions.
Abstract:
A marine vessel advisory system may be configured to calculate and provide operational information that show fuel consumption savings based on adjustment of vessel speed and/or heading. In an embodiment, the advisory system may operate real-time to collect operational and/or environmental conditions information to be used to calculate alternative operational performance of the marine vessel that will save fuel and reduce emissions. The calculations may include a simulation, machine learning, and/or artificial intelligence to determine a speed and/or heading of the marine vessel that will reduce fuel consumption. The advisory system may display the computed information for the operator, and the operator may elect to switch to the alternative operating parameters (e.g., slower speed). In an embodiment, the advisory system may interact directly with a marine vessel system and automatically cause the marine vessel system to adjust operating parameters based on computed operating parameters that saves fuel and reduces emissions.
Abstract:
A ship alarm display device that displays a plurality of sets of alarm information to be easily understood is provided. An alarm information acquiring module acquires the alarm information from apparatuses installed in a ship. A transmission source classification list memory stores transmission source classification lists obtained by associating each apparatus with a transmission source category. An importance list memory stores importance lists obtained by associating the alarm information with a level of importance. A display target specifying module specifies the transmission category and the level of importance as a display target. An information selecting module selects the alarm information corresponding to the specified display target from the plurality of sets of alarm information stored in memory, based on the transmission source classification lists and the importance lists. An alarm information displaying module displays only the selected alarm information in a list, on a display unit.
Abstract:
A computer 11 of a ship monitoring device 1 arranges one kind of transmission data between two consecutive start control codes and two consecutive termination control codes. The computer 11 also arranges information indicating a type of the transmission data between the transmission data and the start control codes and between the termination control codes and the transmission data. In this way, the transmission data is transmitted in form of packet data. Therefore, transmission data in information communication between ships and sensed information in information communication of fenders can be easily distinguished from each other. In addition, a type of information transmitted as the transmission data can be easily identified.
Abstract:
A position of a target ship alongside is displayed in animation on a display unit 17 by the computer 11 based on any one of the positional information on the target ship alongside, which is transmitted from an automatic identification system (AIS) of a target ship alongside and is obtained by an AIS communication unit 13, positional information on the target ship alongside, which is obtained by the GNSS communication unit 14 from a global navigation satellite system, and positional information on the target ship alongside, which is manually inputted via an operation unit 18. Therefore, the latest position of the target ship alongside can be always displayed in animation.
Abstract:
A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The various movements of the array may be reconstructed to determine a net two or three dimensional translation. The current location of the array may be compared to a reference point to derive at trajectory directing the user to the reference point, such as an originating point. The trajectory may be continuously or periodically updated. Applications may include various displays presenting images, numbers, pointers, paths, vectors, or data by digital screens, watch faces, or other devices integrated with or remote from the processor calculating the vector back to the point of origin.
Abstract:
A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The various movements of the array may be reconstructed to determine a net two or three dimensional translation. The current location of the array may be compared to a reference point to derive at trajectory directing the user to the reference point The trajectory may be continuously or periodically updated. Another application may include an accelerometer array secured at various positions on a ski to monitor distortion of the ski and the skier's movements. Reconstructing the skier's movements may be accomplished by integrating the accelerometer output and transforming the integrated output into a two or three dimensional path or location.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises: a surface repeater vehicle 200 having a repeater vehicle propulsion means 38 and a repeater vehicle position measurement means 40; an underwater vehicle 100 having a vehicle position estimation means 20; an information transmission line 24 for connecting between the surface repeater vehicle 200 and the underwater vehicle 100, and transmitting acquired information including image information obtained by the underwater vehicle 100; a position setting means 54 for setting a target latitude and target longitude for the surface repeater vehicle 200 and the underwater vehicle 100; and a control means 12, 32 for controlling the surface repeater vehicle 200 and the underwater vehicle 100, and is configured such that, on the basis of the target latitude and target longitude that have been set and an on-water position measured by the repeater vehicle position measurement means 40, the repeater vehicle propulsion means 38 is driven, the position of the surface repeater vehicle 200 is controlled by the control means 12, 32, and on the basis of the target latitude and target longitude that have been set and an underwater position estimated by the vehicle position estimation means 20, the position of the underwater vehicle 100 is controlled by the control means 12, 32, thereby causing the underwater vehicle 100 and the surface repeater vehicle 200 to travel side-by-side while maintaining a vertical positional relationship on the water surface and under water until reaching the target latitude and target longitude.