Automatic location placement system
AssigneeMAI IP Holdings Pty/Ltd
InventorBradley Tyers
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Abstract
A method of automatically moving, by an automatic location placement system, a marine vessel includes receiving, by a central processing unit, from a vision ranging photography system, at least one optical feed including data providing a mapping of an environment surrounding a marine vessel. The method includes displaying, by the central processing unit, on a touch screen monitor, the mapping of the environment. The method includes receiving, by the central processing unit, from the touch screen monitor, target location data. The method includes directing, by the central processing unit, at least one element of a propulsion system of the marine vessel, to move the marine vessel to the targeted location, using the mapping.
Claims30
A method for automatically maneuvering a marine vessel to a targeted location, the method comprising:
- generating, using data received from a GPS unit, a mapping of an environment of the marine vessel;
- identifying, based on the mapping, the targeted location;
- receiving, by a processor control unit, information representing the targeted location;
- engaging, at the processor control unit, a propulsion system of the marine vessel to automatically maneuver the marine vessel to the targeted location, comprising:
- identifying a position of the marine vessel, comprising sensing, using at least one transducer, a position of the marine vessel relative to at least one obstacle;
- calculating, at the processor control unit, a collision-free path of travel of the marine vessel, incorporating the position of the marine vessel relative to the at least one obstacle;
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- engaging the propulsion system of the marine vessel to drive the marine vessel toward the targeted location in the collision-free path of travel.
A system for automatically maneuvering a marine vessel to a targeted location, the system comprising a processor control unit adapted to perform a method, the method comprising:
- generating, using data received from a GPS unit, a mapping of an environment of the marine vessel;
- identifying, based on the mapping, the targeted location;
- receiving information representing the targeted location;
- engaging a propulsion system of the marine vessel to automatically maneuver the marine vessel to the targeted location, comprising:
- identifying a position of the marine vessel, comprising controlling at least one transducer to sense a position of the marine vessel relative to at least one obstacle;
- calculating a collision-free path of travel of the marine vessel, incorporating the position of the marine vessel relative to the at least one obstacle;
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- engaging the propulsion system of the marine vessel to drive the marine vessel toward the targeted location in the collision-free path of travel.
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