MANOEUVRE AND SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE OR AN INSTALLATION
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Abstract
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 centre onshore. The system may communicate with the control centre 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 centre and means for the ships and the control centre 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.
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37. Data processing apparatus comprising
an interface for receiving information from a first subsystem for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a first region around a vehicle or installation, information about above-surface objects in a second region around said vehicle or installation and information from an onshore control centre; -
a processor arrangement to process the received information; combing the received and processed information and; interpret said combined information; and a user interface to present the interpreted information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 43)
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receiving information from a first subsystem for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a first region around a vehicle or installation; -
receiving information from a second subsystem for obtaining information about above-surface objects in a second region around said vehicle or installation; receiving information from an onshore control centre; processing the received information; combining the received and processed information; interpreting the information; and presenting the information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (52, 56)
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60. A computer program product comprising instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to
receive information from a first subsystem for obtaining information about above-surface objects in a first region around a vehicle or installation; -
receive information from a second subsystem for obtaining information about sub-surface objects in a second region around said vehicle or installation; receive information from an onshore control centre; process the received information; combine the received and processed information; interpret the information, and present the information to a user.
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85. A system for collecting data comprising:
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a first data processing apparatus configured for mounting on a first marine vehicle or installation; a first plurality of sensors for mounting on said first marine vehicle or installation for collecting data in a region around said first marine vehicle or installation; a control centre being operable to communicate with the first and a second marine vehicles or installations via a bidirectional communication link; the first data processing apparatus being operable to transmit data collected from said region to said control centre for storage; and the control centre comprising a transmitter to transmit data collected from said region to said second marine vehicle or installation.
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102. A system for a vehicle or an installation comprising
a first subsystem for obtaining information about a first region around a vehicle or installation; -
a second subsystem for obtaining information; a processor arrangement for combining and processing information received from the first subsystem and the second subsystem; and a user interface for presenting the combined and processed information to a user of said vehicle or installation. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 30, 104)
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