MARINE SECURITY SYSTEM

• US 20110102200A1
• Filed: 03/03/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lexgabinia Ug
• Original Assignee: Lexgabinia Ug
• Inventors: Stroher, Jan-Hendrik, Furus, Sven
• Granted Patent: US 8,754,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/984
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2017/045 Bulwarks, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B63G 13/00 Other offensive or defensive arrangements on vessels; Vessels characterised thereby
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 9/0087 characterised by the intended use, e.g. for self-defence, law-enforcement, industrial use, military purposes F41B9/0046 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 11/00 Defence installations; Defence devices constructional aspects see Section E, e.g. air-raid shelters E04H9/04; protective arrangements for buildings E04B1/92; extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire from, incendiary bombs A62C3/06; dynamic armour F41H5/007; ballistically deployed systems for restraining persons or animals F41H13/0006; electronic countermeasures G01S
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/00 Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 9/04 Gas-blowing apparatus, e.g. for tear gas F41H9/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/02 with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Abstract

There is proposed a marine security system which comprises at least two different monitoring elements (IRC, IRS) and a controller (PC) connected thereto in particular for warding off pirates, said controller triggering an alarm and/or activating alarm devices as a function of the displays or outputs of the different monitoring elements. In addition, at least two separate line or conduit systems (LA, LB) and outlets (DA, DB) connected thereto are provided, from which at least one substance can be discharged. In the event of an alarm, at least one substance is specifically supplied to the outlets (DA, DB), wherein said outlets are installed in different locations or sections (A1-A5, B1-B5) of the hull (S) and can be specifically activated there. The outlets (DA, DB) may also have different designs in order to optimally discharge the respective substance, for example by atomizing, nebulizing, spraying or pouring.

Claims

1. A marine security system comprising outlets for a liquid or gaseous substance, the outlets being mounted at a hull, the substance being supplied to the outlets by means of at least one pump via lines or conduits in order to let the substance discharge at the outside of the hull to fend off an attack of pirates, wherein

the marine security system comprises at least two different monitoring elements and a controller connected thereto which triggers an alarm and/or activates alarm devices as a function of indications from or displays of the different monitoring elements.

2. The marine security system according to claim 1, wherein the different monitoring elements as monitoring devices are designed as monitoring devices and/or monitoring sensors, in particular as optical camera, infrared camera and/or radar apparatus or acoustic sensor, movement sensor, optical sensor and/or infrared sensor.

3. The marine security system according to claim 1, wherein the marine security system, in particular the controller, triggers a predefined alert phase, in particular a silent or non-silent alarm, as a function of the display or output of the at least two monitoring elements.

4. The marine security system according to claim 1, wherein the marine security system comprises a recording device which records and particularly logs the signals and/or displays coming from the monitoring elements in case of an alarm and/or which records and particularly logs the alarms or alert stages or activations of alarm devices triggered by the controller.

5. The marine security system according to claim 4, wherein in the case of an alarm the recording device also records and particularly logs the status, in particular position and speed of the ship on which the security system is installed.

6. The marine security system according claim 1, wherein the marine security system comprises at least two separate conduit systems and outlets being connected thereto, respectively.

7. The marine security system according to claim 6, wherein the marine security system, in particular the controller, activates one or more of the at least two separate conduit systems in order to let discharge the substance via the connected outlets, and/or activates one or more outlets of the separate conduit systems in order to let discharge the substance via these outlets at certain portions and/or planes or floors of the ship'"'"'s hull.

8. The marine security system according to claim 6, wherein the outlets of the separate conduit systems are arranged at different portions or sections of the hull, in particular along the railing, and/or that the outlets of the separate conduit systems are arranged on different planes or floors of the hall, in particular at or below the railing, and/or that the outlets of the separate conduit systems are arranged in sections in an interleaved manner, in particular in an alternating order to each other, and/or that the outlets of the separate conduit systems are arranged in sections and/or planes of the hall which partially overlap.

9. The marine security system according claim 1, wherein the outlets are designed as spray nozzles and/or as permeable membrane and/or that a controllable valve is provided for at least one of the conduit systems, the valve producing a pulsed supply of the substance to the respective conduit system and/or to the outlets connected thereto.

10. The marine security system according to claim 6, wherein for at least two of the separate conduit systems valves are provided which are separately controllable, the valves producing in the conduit systems and/or at the connected outlets various supplies of different substances, wherein at least two tanks are provided in the hull, the tanks being particularly connected with valves and/or pumps and containing the different substances or concentrations thereof.

11. The marine security system according to claim 6, wherein for at least two of the separate conduit systems valves are provided which are separately controllable, the valves producing in the conduit systems and/or at the connected outlets different modes of supply of the one substance or the different substances, wherein the different modes particularly include clocked flow pulses which differ from each other in their amplitudes, durations and/or time slots.

12. The marine security system according claim 6, wherein for at least one of the separate conduit systems a valve is provided which is separately controllable, the valve producing a dosed discharge of the substance at the outlets connected with the conduit system.

13. The marine security system according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the pumps and/or valves such that the supply of the substance is at least temporary provided only in one of the separate conduit systems to the connected outlets and/or that at least a pump provided which is connected to an intake pipe being installed at the hull below the water surface and to at least one of the conduit systems and/or the tanks to suck water from outside.

14. The marine security system according claim 1, wherein the at least one substance is a mixture of water, lubricating liquid and/or defense liquid and/or that the defense liquid contains at least one irritant for the human mucosas.

15. The marine security system according to claim 14, wherein the marine security system comprises at least a mixer being connected to the intake pipe and producing a mixture.

16. The marine security system according claim 6, wherein the outlets are designed as spray nozzles and/or as permeable membrane and/or that a controllable valve is provided for at least one of the conduit systems the valve producing a pulsed supply of the substance to the respective conduit system and/or to the outlets connected thereto.

17. The marine security system according to claim 9, wherein for at least two of the separate conduit systems valves are provided which are separately controllable, the valves producing in the conduit systems and/or at the connected outlets various supplies of different substances, wherein at least two tanks are provided in the hull, the tanks being particularly connected with valves and/or pumps and containing the different substances or concentrations thereof.

18. The marine security system according to claim 9, wherein for at least two of the separate conduit systems valves are provided which are separately controllable, the valves producing in the conduit systems and/or at the connected outlets different modes of supply of the one substance or the different substances, wherein the different modes particularly include clocked flow pulses which differ from each other in their amplitudes, durations and/or time slots.

19. The marine security system according to claim 6, wherein the controller controls the pumps and/or valves such that the supply of the substance is at least temporary provided only in one of the separate conduit systems to the connected outlets and/or that at least a pump provided which is connected to an intake pipe being installed at the hull below the water surface and to at least one of the conduit systems and/or the tanks to suck water from outside.

20. The marine security system according claim 6, wherein the at least one substance is a mixture of water, lubricating liquid and/or defense liquid and/or that the defense liquid contains at least one irritant for the human mucosas.