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The marine Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is an improved radar harbor surveillance sensor, computer and display system that monitors marine harbor traffic, provides advisories to vessels in areas selected by the system operators, and provide the operators of the system with an early warning of unaccept

The marine Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is an improved radar harbor surveillance sensor, computer and display system that monitors marine harbor traffic, provides advisories to vessels in areas selected by the system operators, and provide the operators of the system with an early warning of unacceptable traffic conflicts in the confined waterways of the harbor. The VTS collects harbor traffic information from multiple remote sensor collection sites around the harbor and integrates, records, merges and presents the remote site data onto a single operator display, selected from a plurality of operator displays. VTS provides quick accurate computer generated graphic display of the harbor traffic, possible surface and subsurface conflicts, and key vessel identification information and the VTS documents incidents and traffic conditions for the Coast Guard or other waterway authorities.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A harbor vessel traffic service system, comprising:a computer network;a plurality of radar sensor means for tracking ship location;a plurality of remote site means, connected to said computer network and said plurality of radar sensor means, for obtaining remote site ra

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A harbor vessel traffic service system, comprising:a computer network;a plurality of radar sensor means for tracking ship location;a plurality of remote site means, connected to said computer network and said plurality of radar sensor means, for obtaining remote site radar sensor data inputs from said plurality of radar sensor means, pre-processing said remote site radar sensor data inputs and inputting pre-processed remote site radar sensor data inputs to said computer network;a display; anda vessel traffic control subsystem means, connected to said computer network and to said display and having a digital database and a processor, the digital database having a digital map of a harbor including all underwater obstacles that pose a danger to shipping, and vessel identification data of potential and current vessels using the harbor, and the processor computing multiple tracks of vessels in the harbor from the pre-processed remote site radar sensor data inputs and digitally fusing and displaying multiple tracks of vessels in the harbor with the digital map of the harbor and displaying a menu of the vessel identification data of an operator-selected vessel onto the display.