Vessel monitoring system and vessel monitoring method thereof

• US 9,659,501 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Byung-Gil
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunn, Alex C
• Application Number:
  US15/004,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/02 Anti-collision systems

Abstract

Provided is a vessel monitoring method of a vessel monitoring system, which includes receiving first vessel information from an automatic identification system message output from a vessel, receiving second vessel information on the vessel from a port management information system, selecting a vessel tracking parameter on a basis of the first vessel information and the second vessel information, and tracking the vessel by using a tacking algorithm corresponding to the vessel tracking parameter.

Claims

1. A vessel monitoring method of a vessel monitoring system, the vessel monitoring method comprising:

receiving, from at least one AIS base station of an AIS system, first vessel information from an automatic identification system (AIS) message output from a vessel, the first vessel information including latitude and longitude coordinates detected by a position sensor on the vessel;

receiving second vessel information on the vessel from a port management information system (PortMIS);

receiving a radar location for the vessel from a radar,

calculating, by a multi-sensor fusing processor, position and speed data for the vessel from the first vessel information, the second vessel information, and the position information;

determining a predicted path of the vessel based on the calculated position and speed data; and

providing the predicted path to a vessel navigation controller by displaying the predicted path on a display screen.

2. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first vessel information comprises identification information, static information, or dynamic information.

3. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second vessel information comprises vessel type information, vessel data, steering characteristic information, or steering performance information.

4. The vessel monitoring method of claim 3, wherein the tracking algorithm varies according to the vessel type information.

5. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a movement of the vessel on a monitoring display device according to the position and speed of the vessel.

6. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a degree of collision danger with another vessel according to the calculated position and speed of the vessel,

wherein the degree of collision danger with the other vessel is calculated according to vessel type information included in the second vessel information.

7. The vessel monitoring method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the calculated degree of collision danger on a monitoring display device.

8. The vessel monitoring method of claim 6, further comprising:

additionally displaying steering characteristic information on the vessel, a tidal current situation, and a sea water situation on a monitoring display device at a time of a dangerous situation.

9. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, wherein when the vessel is a tug-barge, the vessel is classified as a connected type vessel.

10. The vessel monitoring method of claim 9, wherein when the vessel is a tug-barge, a tug-boat and a barge are recognized but a degree of collision danger between the tug-boat and barge is not calculated.

11. The vessel monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the path through a tracking algorithm to which the steering characteristic for each vessel is applied, when it is determined from the first vessel information and the second vessel information that the vessel navigates alongside an identical pier or navigates an identical path in a predetermined area.

12. A vessel monitoring system comprising:

an Automatic Identification System (AIS) message analyzer configured to receive an AIS message from a vessel and generate first vessel information;

a port information linking system configured to read and store second vessel information on the vessel from a PortMIS;

a vessel information database system configured to receive the first vessel information and the second vessel information and to generate a vessel tracking parameter on the vessel;

a vessel tracking processor configured to request the vessel tracking parameter on the vessel from the vessel information database system, and to track the vessel according to a tracking algorithm corresponding to the vessel tracking parameter by using the AIS message or a radar signal for providing position information on the vessel;

a multi-sensor fusing processor configured to calculate a position and a speed of the vessel by using the first vessel information and the second vessel information, or the position information;

a decision making supporting processor configured to calculate a degree of collision danger with another vessel by using the position and speed of the vessel calculated from the multi-sensor fusing processor; and

a monitoring display device configured to display a movement of the vessel and the degree of collision danger on a basis of the position and speed of the vessel.

13. The vessel monitoring system of claim 12, wherein the monitoring display device displays the position information on the vessel and characteristic information on a current situation by using tracking information from the vessel tracking processor, the position information from the multi-sensor fusing processor, or information received from at least one of a closed circuit television (CCTV), a satellite, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).