US 11,735,054 B1Granted

Smartphone marine vessel location and collision avoidance system and methods of use

OwnerRobert Ryan, Stephen Hayes +1inventors

InventorsRobert Ryan, Stephen Hayes, Robert E. Pantano

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Abstract

A smartphone marine vessel location system utilizes global positioning to determine the location and trajectory of marine vessels. When two marine vessels have a trajectory that will bring the vessels within a warning zone a trajectory alert is activated and when the two vessels enter into a warning zone, a collision warning is activated. An App on the smartphones may produce a display showing the location of the marine vessels and may produce the alerts when required. The smartphone may also communicate with other navigational system on the marine vessel to produce a display and alerts, such as through Bluetooth. The location of marine vessels may be acquired through the App, through a crowd-sourcing application, and/or through a carrier sourced location.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A smartphone marine vessel location and collision avoidance system comprising:

a) a first marine vessel;
b) a second marine vessel;
c) a first smartphone located on said first marine vessel of a first user comprising:
i) a global positioning system;
ii) a signal transceiver for sending and receiving signals;
d) a second smartphone located on the second marine vessel of a second user comprising:
i) a global positioning system;
ii) a signal transceiver for sending and receiving signals;
wherein the first smartphone receives location information regarding the second marine vessel and wherein the first smartphone activates an alert when the second marine vessel is within a warning zone distance from first marine vessel and;
wherein a size of the second marine vessel is determined by the system by the number of smartphones identified as being located on the second marine vessel.

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Facts

Application: 17/023,896Filed 17 Sep 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Sep 2019
Granted: 22 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G08G 3/02
Traffic control systems for marine craft: anti-collision systems
B63B 43/18
Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for: preventing collision or grounding; reducing collision damage
B63B 49/00
Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids
H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…