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US 5,210,534 AGranted
Encoding method for anti-collision system for sea navigation
AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorAlbert Janex
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Abstract
The disclosed system has, for each equipped ship, a transmitter that repetitively transmits the geographical coordinates, speed and course of its own ship. Furthermore, it transmits an identification code of any nature serving as an address for the exchange of messages. If it wishes to make concerted arrangements with other surrounding ships in order to perform maneuvers, it sends encoded messages taken out of a glossary.
Claims10
An anti-collision system for sea navigation, wherein each ship implementing said system comprises:
- transmitting means for repetitively transmitting, on a channel common to all ships implementing said system, information comprising data pertaining to the ship's geographic position, course and speed, and an identification code, said identification code being changeable for preventing a unique identification of each ship and having a distinctive portion automatically generated by the system;
- receiving means for receiving homologous information from surrounding ships implementing said system;
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- display means for displaying the received homologous information by symbols on a panoramic type screen.
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