System for automatically controlling navigation
First Claim
1. A system for automatically controlling navigation of a ship, comprising a radio transmitter attached to the body of a sole crew member, a radio receiver installed on board the ship so as to receive a signal transmitted by said radio transmitter, and a control command unit connected with the output side of said radio receiver so as to control the prime mover of the ship to thereby stop the prime mover of the ship if the crew member falls overboard, wherein said radio transmitter transmits a radio signal while the crew member is on board the ship and stops or attenuates the signal if the crew member falls overboard, said radio receiver transmits an output signal to said control command unit when the generation of the signal by said transmitter is stopped or when the signal is attenuated, and wherein said control command unit is provided with means to receive an output signal from said radio receiver, if the crew member falls overboard, to thereby decelerate the prime mover of the ship, compute the time which passes from the time when the crew member fell overboard to the time when the prime mover of the ship has been decelerated and control the power line and the steering system of the ship in accordance with the computed time so that the ship moves ahead or astern or turns at a low speed to a position near the crew member and then stops.
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Abstract
A system for automatically controlling navigation of a ship, particularly a small-sized ship in which the sole crew is on board, has a radio transmitter attached to the body of the crew, a radio receiver installed on board the ship so as to receive a signal transmitted by the radio transmitter, and a control command unit connected with the output side of the radio receiver so as to control the prime mover of the ship to thereby stop the ship when the crew fell overboard. The radio transmitter is adapted to transmit a radio signal while the crew is on board the ship and stop or attenuate the signal when the crew fell overboard, while the radio receiver is adapted to transmit an output signal to the control command unit when the generation of the signal by the transmitter is stopped or when the signal is attenuated.
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- 1. A system for automatically controlling navigation of a ship, comprising a radio transmitter attached to the body of a sole crew member, a radio receiver installed on board the ship so as to receive a signal transmitted by said radio transmitter, and a control command unit connected with the output side of said radio receiver so as to control the prime mover of the ship to thereby stop the prime mover of the ship if the crew member falls overboard, wherein said radio transmitter transmits a radio signal while the crew member is on board the ship and stops or attenuates the signal if the crew member falls overboard, said radio receiver transmits an output signal to said control command unit when the generation of the signal by said transmitter is stopped or when the signal is attenuated, and wherein said control command unit is provided with means to receive an output signal from said radio receiver, if the crew member falls overboard, to thereby decelerate the prime mover of the ship, compute the time which passes from the time when the crew member fell overboard to the time when the prime mover of the ship has been decelerated and control the power line and the steering system of the ship in accordance with the computed time so that the ship moves ahead or astern or turns at a low speed to a position near the crew member and then stops.
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