DISPLAY OF ROUTES TO BE TRAVELLED BY A MARINE VESSEL

• US 20150051836A1
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navico Incorporated (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Langford-Wood, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,909,891 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/538
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 13/00 Surveying specially adapted to open water, e.g. sea, lake, river or canal liquid level metering G01F
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/00 Traffic control systems for marine craft marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00

Abstract

Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for displaying a route to be travelled by a marine vessel on a computer screen. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a command to display a predetermined navigation pattern corresponding to the route, receiving a request to place a center of turn on a first geographical location, and displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the center of turn on the computer screen.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a route to be travelled by a marine vessel on a computer screen, comprising:

receiving a command to display a predetermined navigation pattern corresponding to the route;

receiving a request to place a center of turn on a first geographical location; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the center of turn on the computer screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the center of turn on the computer screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined navigation pattern is displayed as an overlay.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined navigation pattern is a circle, a rectangle, a triangle or an S shaped curve.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a command to move the center of turn to a second geographical location; and

displaying the center of turn on the second geographical location on the computer screen.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the second geographical location.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify one or more parameters of the predetermined navigation pattern; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the one or more modified parameters.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a radius, length, width, curvature, angle, rate of turn, or combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined navigation pattern is displayed around the center of turn.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the type of the predetermined navigation pattern; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the modified type.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a command to display a predetermined navigation pattern corresponding to a route to be travelled by a marine vessel;

receive a request to place a center of turn on a first geographical location; and

display the predetermined navigation pattern based on the center of turn on a computer screen.

12. A method for displaying a route to be travelled by a marine vessel on a computer screen, comprising:

receiving a command to generate an outline on or proximate a first geographical location, wherein the outline is configured to contain a predetermined navigation pattern that corresponds to the route;

displaying the outline on the computer screen;

receiving a command to display the predetermined navigation pattern inside the outline; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern inside the outline on the computer screen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined navigation pattern is displayed as an overlay.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the outline is a square, a rectangle, a circle or a triangle.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a request to adjust one or more parameters of the outline; and

displaying the outline based on the adjusted parameters.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a length, a width, a radius or combinations thereof.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a command to move the outline to a second geographical location; and

displaying the outline on or proximate the second geographical location on the computer screen.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify one or more parameters of the predetermined navigation pattern; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the one or more modified parameters.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the type of the predetermined navigation pattern; and

displaying the predetermined navigation pattern based on the modified type.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a command to generate an outline on or proximate a first geographical location, wherein the outline is configured to contain a predetermined navigation pattern that corresponds to a route to be travelled by a marine vessel;

display the outline on a computer screen;

receive a command to display the predetermined navigation pattern inside the outline; and

display the predetermined navigation pattern inside the outline on the computer screen.