APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING

• US 20140200806A1
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navionics SRL (Garmin Limited)
• Original Assignee: Navionics Spa (Garmin Limited)
• Inventors: Carnevali, Giuseppe
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 49/00 Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids nautical measuring instruments G01C; radio navigation, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/203 Specially adapted for sailing ships
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 70/00 Maritime or waterways transport

Abstract

An electronic navigational system may automatically develop nautical routes, may retrieve previously-developed nautical routes, or may combine previously developed route(s) or route segment(s) with an automatically developed route or route segment(s).

Claims

1-4. -4. (canceled)

5. A marine electronic system, comprising:

a graphical user interface including an input device and a display;

a processor to control the display to display marine cartographic information, the processor further configured to display cartographic information including a range of depths in a manner that highlights that range of depths.

6. The marine electronic system of claim 5, wherein the processor is responsive to user input regarding a desired fishing range by displaying cartographic information for a range of depths, the range displayed in a color different from other displayed depths.

7. The marine electronic system of claim 6, wherein the processor is responsive to user input by displaying a fishing range in white.

8. A marine electronic system, comprising:

a graphical user interface including an input device and a display;

a processor to control the display to display marine cartographic information, the processor further configured to display cartographic information including contour lines corresponding to water depths associated with the contour lines.

9. The marine electronic system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to display a region between two contour lines as a continuously variable shade of a display color.

10. The marine electronic system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to display regions on either side of a contour line as a continuously variable shade of a display color.

11. The marine electronic system of claim 9, wherein the display color is blue.

12. A marine electronic system, comprising:

a graphical user interface including an input device and a display;

a processor to control the display to display marine cartographic information, the processor further configured to display cartographic information including contour lines corresponding to water depths associated with the contour lines, whereby the processor is responsive to user input by offsetting the values of the displayed contour lines from cartographic information.

13. The marine electronic system of claim 12, wherein the processor is responsive to user input by controlling the display to display a region of dry land as water-covered in response to an offset input by a user.

14. The marine electronic system of claim 12, wherein the processor is responsive to user input by controlling the display to display a submerged area as dry land in response to an offset input by a user.

15-29. -29. (canceled)

30. An electronic navigational system, comprising:

a graphical user interface including an input device and a display;

a processor to control the display to display marine cartographic information; and

the processor further configured to save a developed navigational route.

31. The electronic navigational system of claim 30, wherein the processor is configured to save a developed navigational route locally.

32. The electronic navigational system of claim 30, wherein the processor is configured to save a developed navigational route remotely.

33. The electronic navigational system of claim 30, wherein the processor is configured to save a developed navigational route in the form of a navigated track.

34. The electronic navigational system of claim 30, wherein the processor is configured to save an automatically developed navigational route.

35. An electronic navigational system, comprising:

a processor configured to save nautical navigation routes from a plurality of marine electronic systems; and

the processor responsive to requests by providing saved nautical navigation routes to a marine electronic system.

36. The electronic navigational system of claim 35, wherein the processor is configured to provide a saved nautical navigation route to a marine electronic system other than the one from which the route was received.

37. A marine electronic system, comprising:

a processor configured to retrieve a stored nautical navigational route;

the processor configured to edit the retrieved route; and

the processor configured to control a display to display the edited route along with marine cartographic information.

38. The marine electronic system of claim 37, wherein the processor is configured to retrieve a stored navigational route from a remote location.

39. The marine electronic system of claim 37, wherein the processor is configured to edit a route by truncating a retrieved route.

40. The marine electronic system of claim 37, wherein the processor is configured to edit a route by leaving it intact.

41. The marine electronic system of claim 37, wherein the processor is configured to edit a route by linking a plurality of retrieved routes.