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US 11,263,886 B2Granted
Ship maneuvering assistance system, ship control device, ship control method, and program
AssigneeFuruno Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Adachi, Eisuke Sekine, Katsuhiro Suzuki, Koji Atsumi, Daisuke Matsumoto
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Abstract
In order to provide a ship maneuvering support system capable of coping with drowsiness of an operator, a ship maneuvering support system includes: a portable terminal carried by a ship's operator for detecting the operator's drowsiness, and a navigation device used for navigating the ship and performing a predetermined operation when the operator's drowsiness is detected.
Claims18
A navigation system comprising:
- a portable terminal configured:
- to be carried by an operator of a ship;
- and
- to detect drowsiness of the operator;
- and
- one or more navigation devices used for navigation of the ship configured to perform a predetermined operation, upon detection of the drowsiness, wherein
- the one or more navigation devices include a plotter that is configured to supply a target point to an automatic steering device, and
- the plotter changes or newly supplies the target point when the drowsiness of the operator is detected.
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A navigation device comprising:
- processing circuitry configured:
- to accept drowsiness from drowsiness detector carried by an operator of a ship when the drowsiness of the operator is detected;
- and
- to perform a predetermined operation when the drowsiness of the operator is detected, wherein
- the navigation device is a plotter that is configured to supply a target point to an automatic steering device, and
- the plotter changes or newly supplies the target point when the drowsiness of the operator is detected.
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A ship control method comprising:
- receiving drowsiness detection signal from a portable terminal carried by an operator of a ship to detect the drowsiness of the operator;
- and
- causing a navigation device used for navigation of the ship to execute a predetermined operation upon receiving the drowsiness detection signal,
- causing the navigation device as a plotter to supply a target point to an automatic steering device, and
- causing the navigation device to change or newly supply the target point when the drowsiness of the operator is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.