Manoeuvre and safety system for a vehicle or an installation
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B60L-003/00
B60L-015/00
출원번호
US-0441061
(2007-09-13)
등록번호
US-8180507
(2012-05-15)
우선권정보
GB-0618047.5 (2006-09-13)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2007/059674
(2007-09-13)
§371/§102 date
20090312
(20090312)
국제공개번호
WO2008/031880
(2008-03-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Dokken, Sverre Thune
출원인 / 주소
Marine & Remote Sensing Solutions Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
15인용 특허 :
5
초록▼
A system for a vehicle is provided for allowing a user of the vehicle or installation to obtain advanced and up-to-date information about the surroundings of the vehicle or installation and the vehicle or installation itself. The system may be located on a marine vessel and it integrates information
A system for a vehicle is provided for allowing a user of the vehicle or installation to obtain advanced and up-to-date information about the surroundings of the vehicle or installation and the vehicle or installation itself. The system may be located on a marine vessel and it integrates information from a number of different information sources, located both on and off the vessel, en including information from advanced radar and sonar subsystems on the ship, information from conventional instruments and sensors and information from onshore and offshore installations and EO satellites accessed via a control center onshore. The system may communicate with the control center via a communication satellite and/or wireless Internet, if available. A data processing apparatus for processing and presenting the data is also provided. The data is received, processed and presented in three dimensions in space and updated in real time or near real time such that time provides a fourth dimension to the data. A graphical user interface for presenting the data is also provided. The graphical user interface provides functionality for reporting an error in the system if the end user's own observations do not match the presented data. Additionally, a system for collecting data comprising more than one ship, the control center and means for the ships and the control center to communicate is provided. The system comprises a catalogue and storage network for storing collected data. All data is stored with an associated quality measure of the data.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for a marine vessel or a marine installation, the system comprising: a first subsystem configured to obtain information about sub-surface objects in a first region around said marine vessel or installation;a second subsystem configured to obtain information about above-surface objects in
1. A system for a marine vessel or a marine installation, the system comprising: a first subsystem configured to obtain information about sub-surface objects in a first region around said marine vessel or installation;a second subsystem configured to obtain information about above-surface objects in a second region around said marine vessel or installation;an Automatic Identification System (AIS) configured to receive identification information from vessels in the vicinity of the marine vessel or marine installation; a receiver configured to receive information from a control centre, the information comprising information from an information source external to said marine vessel or installation, the external information source being located on another marine vessel and the information comprising at least one out of metocean data and information about objects detected in the vicinity of the marine vessel on which the external information source is located;a processor arrangement configured to combine and process information from the first subsystem, the second subsystem, the AIS and the receiver, the processor arrangement being configured to perform correlation and assessment of data obtained using at least the first subsystem, the second subsystem and the AIS and being related to the same object; anda user interface configured to present the combined and processed information to a user of the system. 2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a third subsystem configured to obtain information about surface layer objects in a third region around said vessel or installation and wherein the processor arrangement is configured to combine and process information received from the first, second and third subsystems, wherein the third subsystem comprises a lidar sensor (light detecting and ranging) and preferably also at least one out of a thermal sensor, a laser, an infrared sensor and a hyper-/multi-spectral sensor. 3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said external information source comprises sensors and instruments located on the other marine vessel. 4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second subsystems are configured to obtain data sets in three dimensions in space and wherein the processor arrangement is configured to generate a scene in three dimensions (3D) in space including information from said regions. 5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the first subsystem comprises at least one sonar sensor, and the second subsystem comprises at least one radar sensor. 6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the information from the information source external to said marine vessel or installation comprises sea state and sea ice state information, the sea state information preferably comprises at least one out of current, wave and wind data and the sea ice state information preferably comprises at least one out of sea ice concentration, sea ice drift data, sea ice edge data and iceberg data. 7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the information obtained in the subsystems comprises at least one out of positional information, shape information, size information and behavioural information about objects in the first and second regions, wherein the behavioural information about an object in said regions includes information about at least one out of speed, heading, change in speed and change in heading of that object. 8. A system comprising an onshore control centre and a marine vessel or installation comprising the system according to claim 1, the onshore control centre comprising a receiver configured to receive information from said vessel or installation via a communication link and a transmitter to transmit said information to third parties. 9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the vessel or installation is a marine vessel and wherein the control centre comprises a processor arrangement configured to perform higher level computation to deliver navigation, safety and security information to said vessel and third parties, the processor arrangement being configured to be operated continuously and to deliver a fuel optimized sail plan, including speed and heading data, to said vessel in real-time or near real-time. 10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the control centre further comprises a processor arrangement for performing correlation and assessment of data obtained using different subsystems or obtained at the control centre and related to the same object or metocean conditions. 11. A system according to claim 1, wherein the first subsystem and the second subsystems are configured to obtain data sets in three dimensions in space,andwherein the first subsystem comprises a sonar sensor, the second subsystem comprises a radar sensors and the system further comprises a third subsystem comprising a lidar sensor or a lidar sensor combined with at least one out of a thermal sensor, a laser sensor, an infrared sensor, and a hyper-/multi-spectral sensor. 12. Data processing apparatus for a marine vessel or marine installation, the data processing apparatus comprising: an interface configured to receive information from a first subsystem, on a marine vessel or installation, for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a first region around the marine vessel or marine installation, information from a second subsystem, on the marine vessel or installation, for obtaining information about above-surface objects in a second region around said vessel or installation, information from an AIS system for receiving identification information from vessels in the vicinity of the marine vessel or marine installation, and information from control centre, the information from the control centre comprising information from an information source located on another marine vessel and comprising at least one out of metocean data and information about objects detected in the vicinity of the marine vessel on which the external information source is located;a processor arrangement configured to process the received information, combine the received and processed information and interpret said combined information; anda user interface configured to present the interpreted information to a user, wherein the processor arrangement is configured to perform correlation and assessment of data obtained using at least the first subsystem, the second subsystem and the AIS and being related to the same object. 13. Data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said information received from said first and second subsystems comprises information about at least one moving object in the vicinity of the vessel or installation. 14. Data processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said processor arrangement is configured to determine whether said moving object is within a predetermined region around the vessel or installation and configured to obtain a real image of said object from said information received from said first and second subsystems. 15. Data processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor arrangement is further operable to calculate the speed and direction of said moving object and wherein preferably said processor arrangement is further operable to simulate a potential impact between the moving object and said vessel or installation and said user interface is operable to present the results of the simulation to said user. 16. A method comprising: receiving information from a first subsystem, on a marine vessel or installation, for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a first region around the marine vessel or installation;receiving information from a second subsystem, on the marine vessel or installation, for obtaining information about above-surface objects in a second region around said vessel or installation;receiving identification information from an AIS comprising identification information about one or more marine vessels in the vicinity of the marine vessel or installation;receiving information from a control centre, the information from the control centre comprising information from an information source external to said marine vessel or installation, the external information source being located on another marine vessel and the information comprising at least one out of metocean data and information about one or more objects detected in the vicinity of the marine vessel on which the external information source is located;processing the received information;combining the received and processed information;interpreting the information; andpresenting the information to a user, wherein processing, combining and interpreting the information comprises performing correlation and assessment of data obtained using at least the first subsystem, the second subsystem and the AIS and being related to the same object. 17. A method according to claim 16, wherein said receiving, processing, combining, interpreting and presenting are performed on three-dimensional data sets and wherein the three dimensional data sets comprise data in three dimensions in space and are updated in real-time or near real-time. 18. A method according to claim 16, wherein interpreting the information comprises detecting data indicative of an object in the vicinity of the marine vessel or installation, tracking said object and calculating the speed and heading of said object. 19. A computer program comprising instructions that when executed by a processor arrangement cause the processor arrangement to receive information from a first subsystem, on a marine vessel or marine installation, for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a first region around said marine vessel or marine installation;receive information from a second subsystem, on the marine vessel or marine installation, for obtaining information about above-surface objects in a second region around said marine vessel or marine installation;receive identification information from an AIS comprising identification information about one or more marine vessels in the vicinity of the marine vessel or installation;receive information from control centre, the information from the control centre comprising information from an information source external to said marine vessel or installation, the external information source being located on another marine vessel and the information comprising at least one out of metocean data and information about one or more objects in the vicinity of the marine vessel on which the external information source is located;process the received information;combine the received and processed information;interpret the information; andpresent the information to a user, wherein processing, combining and interpreting the information comprises performing correlation and assessment of data obtained using at least the first subsystem, the second subsystem and the AIS and being related to the same object.
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