Device for displaying other ship targets

• US 7,830,275 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2006
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Inventors: Hiraoka, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bee; Andrew
• Application Number:
  US11/922,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20090079590A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
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Abstract

An apparatus for displaying other ship targets is provided that displays the positions and detailed information concerning substantially all vessels present in a predetermined region around the own ship in a manner that is easy to grasp for the operator. A display screen includes Graphical Position Display Area 11, Target List Display Area 12 and Vessel Detail Information Display Area 13. A selected vessel of interest is displayed on Graphical Position Display Area 11 with Icon 102, and non-selected vessels are displayed by Icons 103 thereby making it possible to tell them apart. In conjunction with this, a portion of Target List Display Area 12 corresponding to the selected vessel is subjected to Emphasized Display 121, and the detailed information about the selected vessel is displayed in Vessel Detail Information Display Area 13. Here, when the operator switches the selected vessel in Graphical Position Display Area 11 or Target List Display Area 12, the display of the three areas changes in accordance with this operation, such that the selected vessel is subject to emphasized display and detailed display.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying other ship targets comprising:

a processor for obtaining detailed information including at least a name and position information of each vessel by analyzing vessel information that is transmitted and received by radio communication at specified timing intervals; and

a display for displaying the detailed information, the display including;

a target list display which is configured to list information about each vessel; and

a graphical position display which is configured to mark the surface position of each vessel based on the received position information, wherein

the target list display and the graphical position display are updated simultaneously and in association with one another based on the detailed information obtained from the processor,

the processor is configured to detect when detailed information from a vessel corresponding to a mark displayed on the graphical position display has been received by radio communication, and

when receipt of detailed information is detected by the processor, the display is configured to emphasize the display of the mark corresponding to the received detailed information.

2. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 1,

further comprising a human/machine interface for enabling an operation input;

wherein a specific vessel on the graphical position display and the specific vessel portion in the target list display are displayed in an emphasized manner when a mark representing the specific vessel on the graphical position display is selected or a portion of the target list display corresponding to the specific vessel is selected with the human/machine interface.

3. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display further comprises a detailed vessel information display which is configured to display detailed information about a specific vessel selected with the human/machine interface.

4. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 2, wherein the display is further configured to display a message editor box for editing a message to a specific vessel by selecting a mark representing the specific vessel on the graphical position display or by selecting a portion of the target list display corresponding to the specific vessel with the human/machine interface for performing a message preparation operation.

5. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the marks in an emphasized manner by performing a flashing or blinking display around the mark of a corresponding vessel on the graphical position display for the corresponding vessels every time information from a vessel is received.

6. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display at least a status mark representing the navigational status at the mark of the corresponding vessel on the graphical position display when the processor obtains through radio communication a navigation status of a vessel or a distress/emergency notification.

7. The apparatus for displaying other ship targets according to claim 2, further comprising:

a memory for storing vessel information for a certain period of time;

wherein when a specific vessel is selected with the human/machine interface, the display is configured to display the ship trail of the corresponding specific vessel on the graphical position display.