METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AN ANCHORING LOCATION OF A MARINE VESSEL

• US 20140142845A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Fueller, Merien, Lutz, Andre, Grtner, Marco Franz, Godehart, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 9,188,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/461
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2021/009 Drift monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/00 Traffic control systems for marine craft marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00

Abstract

A system for determining an anchoring location of a marine vessel. The system includes a first computing device configured to capture location data of the marine vessel along a route of the marine vessel, and a second computing device. The second computing device including a memory area, a location component that determines location data of a marine vessel, and a processor. The processor is programmed to receive, from the first computing device, the location data of the marine vessel, determine, from the location data, a location along a route of the marine vessel that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time, and identify the location along the route of the marine vessel that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than the anchoring threshold distance over the predefined period of time as an anchoring location.

Claims

1. A system for determining an anchoring location of a marine vessel, the system comprising:

a first computing device configured to capture location data of the marine vessel along a route of the marine vessel; and

a second computing device comprising;

a memory area;

a location component that determines location data of the marine vessel; and

a processor programmed to;

receive, from the first computing device, the location data of the marine vessel;

determine, from the location data, that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time; and

based on the determination that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time, identify the location that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than the maximum threshold distance over the predefined period of time as a new anchoring location.

2. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first computing device includes a global positioning system (GPS) device.

3. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the location data comprises location coordinates of the marine vessel.

4. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the memory area comprises a length of an anchor line on the marine vessel;

and

wherein the length of the anchor line is a factor in determining a length of the maximum threshold distance.

5. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the memory area comprises an identification of the marine vessel;

and

wherein the identification of the marine vessel is a factor in determining a length of the maximum threshold distance.

6. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the new anchoring location is within a predefined distance from an additional anchoring location;

and

wherein the processor is further programmed to determine an average anchorage location based on a distance between the new anchorage location and the additional anchorage location.

7. A system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an anchorage database configured to store anchorage locations.

8. A system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to provide, from the anchorage database, one or more anchorage locations within the defined radius of a particular location.

9. A system in accordance with claim 8, wherein the particular location is a current location of the second marine vessel.

25. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the new anchoring location is a location that was not previously identified as an anchoring location.

10. A computing device for determining an anchoring location of a marine vessel;

the computing device comprising;

a memory area;

a location component that determines location data of the marine vessel; and

a processor programmed to;

receive the location data of the marine vessel;

determine, from the location data, a location that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time; and

based on the determination that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time, identify the location of the marine vessel that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than the maximum threshold distance over the predefined period of time as a new anchoring location.

11. A computing device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the marine vessel comprises a communication device configured to provide the location data of the marine vessel along the route of the marine vessel.

12. A computing device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the communication device includes a global positioning system (GPS) device.

13. A computing device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the location data comprises location coordinates of the marine vessel.

14. A computing device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the memory area comprises an identification of the marine vessel;

and

wherein the identification of the marine vessel is a factor in determining a length of the maximum threshold distance.

15. A computing device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the new anchoring location is within a predefined distance from an additional anchoring location;

and

wherein the processor is further programmed to determine an average anchorage location based on a distance between the new anchorage location and the additional anchorage location.

16. (canceled)

17. A method for determining an anchoring location of a marine vessel, the method comprising:

receiving location data associated with the marine vessel;

determining, by a processor, from the location data, a location that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time; and

based on the determination that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than a maximum threshold distance over a predefined period of time, identifying the location that the marine vessel traveled a distance less than the maximum threshold distance over the predefined period of time as a new anchoring location.

18. A method in accordance with claim 17, wherein the location data is received from a computing device on the marine vessel.

19. A method in accordance with claim 18, wherein the computing device is a global positioning system (GPS) device.

20. A method in accordance with claim 17, wherein the location data comprises location coordinates of the marine vessel.

21. A method in accordance with claim 17, further comprising using an identification of the marine vessel is a factor in determining a length of the maximum threshold distance.

22. A method in accordance with claim 17, wherein the new anchoring location is within a predefined distance from an additional anchoring location, and wherein the method further comprises determining an average anchorage location based on a distance between the new anchorage location and the additional anchorage location.

24. A method in accordance with claim 17, further comprising:

storing the new anchoring location in an anchorage database; and

providing, from the anchorage database, one or more anchorage locations within the defined radius of a particular location.

23. (canceled)