US 11,597,480 B2Granted

System for guiding a connected boat equipped with an on-board system communicating with a remote server in order to modify its route plan

AssigneeKara Technology Incorporated

InventorsIvain Bignonet, Cedric Martin

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Abstract

A system for guiding a boat, which includes the boat and a remote server. The boat includes a central unit linked to a user interface, a receiver for receiving data transmitted by at least one electronic tag affixed to a device of the boat and to a radio device for bidirectional communication with the remote server. The central unit transmits information resulting from the data transmitted by the tags, the current position and the route plan of the boat via the radio device to the server, and receives route plan modification data, which are displayed on the user interface, from this server. In this way, the operator of the boat is able to gain knowledge of the movement of nearby craft and of possible collision risks. Further, the boat may include on-board connected objects that communicate with the central unit in order to determine whether devices are missing on board.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A system for guiding at least one boat comprising:

a remote server;
and
said boat, wherein said boat comprises:
at least one device having a parameter varying over time;
a user interface;
at least one electronic tag affixed to the at least one device of the boat, the at least one electronic tag comprising a chip comprising a memory that can be rewritten;
a data receiver, which is configured to receive data transmitted by the at least one electronic tag;
a radio device, which is configured to communicate bidirectionally with the remote server;
and
a central unit linked to the user interface, the data receiver and the radio device, wherein said central unit is configured to:
transmit information to the remote server via the radio device resulting from:
the data transmitted by the at least one electronic tag, the data transmitted by the at least one electronic tag comprising a value of the parameter varying over time;
a current position of the boat;
and
a route plan of the boat;
and
receive from said remote server route plan modification data, which are displayed on the user interface.

14 more elements

A method for guiding at least one boat including:

at least one device having a parameter varying over time;
and
a central unit linked to a user interface, a data receiver for receiving data transmitted by at least one electronic tag affixed to the at least one device of the boat, and a radio device for bidirectional communication with a remote server, wherein the electronic tag comprises a chip comprising a memory that can be rewritten, and the data transmitted by the at least one electronic tag comprises a value of the parameter varying over time,
wherein the method comprises:
transmitting by said central unit through the radio device to a remote server information resulting from the data transmitted by the at least one electronic tag of the boat, a position of the boat and a route plan of the boat;
and
receiving by said central unit through the radio device route plan modification data from the server, and displaying the route plan modification data on the user interface.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/757,029Filed 17 Oct 2018
Priority: FR 175977718 Oct 2017
Published: US 2020/0331571 A122 Oct 2020
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B63B 79/40
Monitoring properties or operating parameters of vessels in operation: for controlling the operation of vessels, e.g. monitoring their speed,…
B63B 49/00
Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids
G01C 21/203
Instruments for performing navigational calculations: specially adapted for water-borne vessels
G08G 3/02
Traffic control systems for marine craft: anti-collision systems