Systems and methods for security and safety monitoring of a marine vessel using a vision system of the marine vessel

A system for monitoring a marine vessel using a vision system of the marine vessel, the system comprising:

• a camera configured to be mounted to the marine vessel with an associated field of view of that includes an area associated with an operation console of the marine vessel;
• and
• one or more hardware processors configured to:
• determine whether the marine vessel is in an actively operating state;
• in response to determining that the marine vessel is in an actively operating state, use image data captured by the camera to determine whether a person at the operation console of the marine vessel is an authorized operator;
• regulate control of the marine vessel based on whether the person at the operation console of the marine vessel is an authorized operator
• in response to determining that the marine vessel is not in an actively operating state, use image data captured by the camera to monitor security of the marine vessel;
• determine that unauthorized activity has occurred in connection with the marine vessel based on the image data captured while monitoring security of the marine vessel;
• and
• in response to determining that unauthorized activity has occurred in connection with the marine vessel, provide, using a wireless communication system of the marine vessel, at least one image captured by the camera to at least one user associated with the marine vessel,
• wherein the at least one image is indicative of the unauthorized activity.

A method for monitoring a marine vessel using a vision system of the marine vessel, the method comprising:

• determining whether the marine vessel is in an actively operating state;
• in response to determining that the marine vessel is in an actively operating state, using image data captured by a camera to determine whether a person at an operation console of the marine vessel is an authorized operator,
• wherein the camera is configured to be mounted to the marine vessel with an associated field of view of that includes an area associated with the operation console of the marine vessel;
• receiving image data captured by the camera;
• determining, using the image data captured by the camera, whether a face is present in the image data captured by the camera;
• in response to determining that a face is present, determining that the face corresponds to a face of an authorized operator;
• determining, based on a presence of the authorized operator in the image data, that a person at the operation console is an authorized operator;
• and
• regulating control of the marine vessel based on whether the person at the operation console of the marine vessel is an authorized operator.