Remote sensing and determination of tactical ship readiness
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor system configured to monitor time, position, heading, speed, motions, environmental conditions, and performance data for a vessel associated with the apparatus, and generate data about the vessel including a flex, a stress, a strain, an orientation, a rotation, and an acceleration of the vessel and an environment around the vessel;
a computer system connected to the sensor system, wherein the computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location;
a satellite transceiver connected to the computer system, wherein the satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location;
an automatic identification system;
wherein the data further includes shipboard conditions, encryption information for uploading or downloading large files at a next opportunity with a suitable connection, emergency SOS calls, personal messages from crew members, reports of extreme weather in a local environment, reports of suspicious activity by other vessels in the environment, and crew-adjusted routing information; and
wherein the shipboard conditions include motions, accelerations, a tilt, roll, a yaw, a pitch, a platform movement, an engine performance, a fuel flow, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and local environmental conditions.
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Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a sensor system, a computer system, and a satellite transceiver. The sensor system is configured to monitor time, position, heading, motions, environmental conditions, and performance data for a vessel and generate data about the vessel and an environment around the vessel. The computer system is connected to the sensor system. The computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location. The satellite transceiver is connected to the computer system. The satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a sensor system configured to monitor time, position, heading, speed, motions, environmental conditions, and performance data for a vessel associated with the apparatus, and generate data about the vessel including a flex, a stress, a strain, an orientation, a rotation, and an acceleration of the vessel and an environment around the vessel; a computer system connected to the sensor system, wherein the computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location; a satellite transceiver connected to the computer system, wherein the satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location; an automatic identification system; wherein the data further includes shipboard conditions, encryption information for uploading or downloading large files at a next opportunity with a suitable connection, emergency SOS calls, personal messages from crew members, reports of extreme weather in a local environment, reports of suspicious activity by other vessels in the environment, and crew-adjusted routing information; and wherein the shipboard conditions include motions, accelerations, a tilt, roll, a yaw, a pitch, a platform movement, an engine performance, a fuel flow, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and local environmental conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for determining vessel or fleet tactical readiness from a remote site, the method comprising:
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receiving a first number of data packets from a vessel using a satellite transceiver; decoding the first number of data packets to retrieve collected data; and analyzing the collected data using a number of policies to determine whether the vessel meets a number of parameters required for a given task; wherein the given task is selected from a list including a tactical operation, a launch operation, an aircraft landing operation, a re-fueling at sea operation, an operation involving navigating in close proximity with other vessels or obstacles, and an operation performing a number of operations in poor or zero visibility conditions; and wherein the number of policies include at least one set of parameters, and wherein the number of policies include on time arrival, fuel efficiency during a voyage, following a prescribed route, safe operating standards, aircraft landing parameters, launch operations parameters, re-fueling at sea parameters, boarding a vessel at sea parameters, parameters for navigating in close proximity to a number of other vessels and/or objects, and/or any other suitable policy, and wherein the first number of short data packets are configured for short data burst transmission over the satellite communication system, the satellite communication system comprising a number of satellite transceivers connected to the computer system and a low earth orbit satellite constellation, the low earth orbit satellite constellation comprising a number of satellites at a number of altitudes between approximately 160 and 2000 kilometers. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive a first number of short data packets from a computer system associated with a vessel using a satellite communication system, decode the number of short data packets to retrieve data about vessel including a flex, a stress, a strain, an orientation, a rotation, and an acceleration of the vessel and an environment around the vessel, responsive to a determination that a response is needed, form a second number of short data packets for the response, and transmit the second number of short data packets to the computer system associated with the vessel using the satellite communication system, wherein the response includes an advisory notice regarding changing of route direction or speed, using a different ship class for a given task, and changing propeller design or hull coating type; an analysis system configured to analyze the data retrieved, determine tactical readiness of the vessel, determine whether the response is needed, generate at least one of instructions, information, requests, and alerts in response to the determination of tactical readiness and determination that the response is needed, wherein the data manager uses the at least one of instructions, information, requests, and alerts generated to form the second number of short data packets; wherein the data manager is further configured to manage the reception of a number of short data packets between the computer system associated with the vessel and the apparatus; and
wherein the first number of short data packets are configured for short data burst transmission over the satellite communication system, the satellite communication system comprising a number of satellite transceivers connected to the computer system and a low earth orbit satellite constellation, the low earth orbit satellite constellation comprising a number of satellites at a number of altitudes between approximately 160 and 2000 kilometers.
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13. A computer program product having computer usable program code stored on a computer readable storage medium, the computer usable program code executed by a computer to:
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receive collected data about an environment and a vessel in the environment from a sensor system configured to monitor a time, a position, a heading, motions, environmental conditions, and performance data for the vessel including a speed, a flex, a stress, a strain, an orientation, a rotation, and an acceleration of the vessel and an environment around the vessel; encode the data to form a first number of short data packets; determine whether a report is needed; responsive to a determination that the report is needed, transmit the first number of data packets to a remote server using a satellite transceiver; receive a first number of data packets from a vessel using a satellite transceiver, wherein the satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information in short data packets, the short data packets configured for short data bursts over a satellite network, the satellite network comprising a low earth orbit satellite constellation, the low earth orbit satellite constellation comprising a number of satellites at a number of altitudes between approximately 160 and 2000 kilometers; decode the first number of data packets to retrieve collected data; and analyze the collected data using a number of policies to determine whether the vessel meets a number of parameters required for a given task. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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