RU2584920C1 - Set of personal navigation equipment for small ship floating crafts - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal usage; instrumentation; data processing.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to telecommunication devices for individual use. Set comprises arranged on one of clothes sleeves display with screen connected via wireless interface with receiving unit, which serves for receiving, processing and formation of navigation information signals of GLONASS. According to invention set is additionally equipped with video camera fixed on radio headset or life vest and tablet computer or smart phone connected with radio headset and with video camera by wireless communication protocol Blue Tooth, as well as by NMEA-2000 signal converter in Wi-Fi, and by wireless communication protocol Wi-Fi is with onboard radar station and automatic identification system.

EFFECT: higher safety of navigation due to timely and qualitative assessment of navigation and hydrometeorological environment.

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Description

The invention relates to individual telecommunication devices, in particular to devices providing information on the location of small ship watercraft, on the navigation and hydrometeorological conditions in the navigation area using computer technology and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), which can be used for operation in extreme conditions.

Known telecommunications device for personal use, which acts as a navigator, made in the form of handheld devices containing a housing with a display screen on its outer surface and an electrical circuit inside the housing (US 5665000, A63F 9/22; H02G 3/14, 09.09.1997).

However, this device must be held in hand to control it and read information from the display screen. At the same time, control is performed using elements located on the housing, and / or using touch control using a virtual keyboard, which is implemented on the touch screen display. However, if the hands of the pilot operating the craft are busy, the use of this device becomes inconvenient.

A device is known (US 6324053, class. H05K 7/02, 11/27/2001), integrated with clothing, performing the function of a navigation device that operates on GLONASS signals. This device includes a GLONASS signal receiver equipped with an appropriate receiving antenna, a controller with controls, and a display that are interconnected by wired connecting lines. The GLONASS signal receiver is located in the shoulder pocket of the jacket, the controller is located on the jacket belt, and the display is located on the cuff of the left sleeve of the jacket. The connecting lines are implemented by flexible conductors mounted in the fabric of the jacket.

However, the impossibility of constant monitoring of the location of the craft, as well as the inability to fix the circumstances of navigation and bringing them to the dispatch service increases the risks of staying on the high seas, away from the coast and docking stations, and cannot ensure the safety of navigation.

The prototype was a set of telecommunication navigation equipment integrated with clothing (US 6388422, Cl. H02J 7/00, H02J 1/00, A41D 1/04, 05/14/2002). This set of equipment is located on clothes and includes interconnected interface lines for receiving a unit for receiving and processing GLONASS signals and generating navigation information, a power supply, means for turning the device on and off, and a display with a screen for displaying navigation information. In this case, the display is placed on the right sleeve of the clothes, and the means for turning the device on and off is on the left. The receiving unit is a standard configuration of the receiving and measuring module, operating on GLONASS and / or GPS signals. The power supply uses elements that convert solar energy into electrical energy as a primary energy source. The on-off tool is implemented using a flexible keyboard.

This equipment provides the convenience of reading visual information while simultaneously freeing the user's hands with this device. However, the prototype does not provide for the possibility of fixing the environment with reference to time and geographical coordinates, as well as automatic connection to the emergency call emergency support system, which is necessary in extreme situations, for example, when sailing on small boats and recreational craft, which does not provide safe navigation from -for the lack of control over the navigation and hydrometeorological conditions.

The objective of the invention is the development of a complex of personal navigation equipment for small ship craft, capable of fixing the circumstances of navigation and constant monitoring of the location of the vessel.

The technical result of the invention is to increase the safety of navigation due to the timely and high-quality assessment of the navigation and hydrometeorological conditions.

The invention consists in the following. A set of personal navigation equipment for small-sized ship's watercraft contains a display with a screen located on one of the clothes hoses, connected wirelessly to a receiving unit, which is used to receive, process and generate navigation information from GLONASS signals. According to the invention, the kit is additionally equipped with a video camera mounted on a radio headset or life jacket, and a tablet computer or smartphone connected to a radio headset and a video camera via Blue Tooth wireless protocol, as well as via a NMEA-2000 signal converter to Wi-Fi, wireless protocol Wi-Fi - with an on-board navigation radar station located on a small craft, and an automated identification system.

In addition, the small vessel is equipped with a dock connected via a USB-NMEA 2000 adapter with a navigation radar and automatic vessel identifier equipment, as well as via a GSM / 3G tablet computer module, the kit is connected through a mobile operator to an emergency operator to transmit information about the parameters the ship, its location and environment.

The provision of a set of personal navigation equipment for small ship boats with a tablet computer or smartphone mounted on a clothing sleeve connected to a radio headset and a video camera mounted on a radio headset or life jacket creates favorable conditions for reading visual information from a tablet computer or smartphone screen, and also frees up hands of the pilot of the vessel to control the ship, which increases reliability in the management of the vessel. The presence of a radio headset with a headset in the form of a microphone (laryngophone) and headphones also allows you to maintain constant online contact with rescue services, a tracking center and a docking station while driving, making it possible to call emergency services. The presence of a video camera mounted on a headset or life jacket also frees up your hands to control a watercraft and allows you to record and then play video information on a tablet computer with reference to time and geographic coordinates, document swimming events, create a reference and information base, which ultimately improves swimming safety.

Providing a tablet computer with infotelecommunication services using GLONASS / GPS satellite navigation systems, including electronic cartographic system software, an integrated GLONASS / GPS receiver and a separate dedicated function dial key, and a smartphone with the Android operating system, create conditions for quick location vessel and its display on an electronic map, route planning, data exchange in the coverage area of cellular networks, so it also improves swimming safety by processing and displaying on the screen the parameters of the movement of targets in the area of its swimming and informing the operator about the dangers of a collision with these goals.

The camcorder and the headset of the radio headset are also connected to the tablet computer or smartphone via the BlueTooth wireless protocol.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where in FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a set of navigation equipment; in FIG. 2 is a communication diagram of a set of personal equipment with a docking station and a mobile communications operator; in FIG. 3 is an example of the location of the camcorder on a life jacket.

A set of personal navigation equipment for small-sized ship boats contains a tablet computer 2 (or smartphone) located on one of the sleeves of the jacket 1. A video camera 4, a microphone 5 (or a laryngophone, not shown) and headphones 6 are connected to the radio headset 3 (Fig. 1) and headphones 6 are connected by communication lines 7 to the radio headset 3 and to the computer 2 via the Blue Tooth wireless protocol. The kit also contains a docking station 8, located on a small vessel, connected through an adapter 9 USB-NMEA 2000 with a navigation radar 10 and equipment 11 of the automatic vessel identifier. The set using the GSM / 3G module of the tablet computer 2 through the mobile operator 12 within the network coverage is connected to the emergency operator 13 by a single mobile number 112 and through it to the dispatcher 13 of the ship’s traffic control system of the regional navigation safety system for transmitting information about the parameters the ship, its location and environment. To simplify communication with the operator 12, the tablet computer 2 is equipped with a separate dedicated key 14 functional speed dial. The video camera 4 can also be mounted on a life vest 15 (Fig. 3).

A personal navigation device for small ship craft works as follows.

When you turn on your tablet 2, the operating system (the Winows (Android) family) starts, after which the electronic cartographic system (dKartNavigator) is automatically turned on. The switched-on video camera 4, mounted on the radio headset 3 or on the life jacket 15 (Fig. 3), removes the environment and video documents the circumstances of navigation and the location of the vessel and other parameters displayed on the electronic cartographic system. A tablet computer 2 fixed on the sleeve of the jacket 1 allows the user to monitor the movement of the vessel on the map on the display of computer 2, without interrupting its control. At the same time, through the GSM / 3G module of the tablet computer 2, through the mobile operator 12, it transforms information about the vessel’s location, speed and other parameters of the vessel’s movement and the environment to the emergency operator 13. When you press the function key 14 speed dialing on the tablet computer 2 is automatically dialed 112, with confirmation, by pressing this key 14 again, a single number 112 emergency call mobile operator 13. Talks with operators 12 and 13 are made using the microphone 5 (or laryngophone) and headphones 6, mounted on the radio headset 3 and connected by communication lines 7 to the tablet computer 2.

Fixing on the pilot means of monitoring and environmental control while sailing on a small boat facilitates the management of the vessel and significantly increases safety at sea during navigation.

Currently, a set of personal navigation equipment for small-sized ship's watercraft is at the stage of prototype manufacturing and testing.

Claims (4)

1. A set of personal navigation equipment for small-sized ship boats, containing a display with a screen located on one of the clothing sleeves, connected wirelessly to a receiver unit for receiving, processing and generating navigation information of GLONASS signals, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with a video camera mounted on a radio headset or life jacket, and a tablet computer or smartphone connected to the radio headset and the camcorder using the wireless protocol Blue Tooth, as well as via the NMEA-2000 signal to Wi-Fi signal converter, via Wi-Fi wireless protocol - with an on-board navigation radar station located on a small craft and an automated identification system. 2. The kit according to claim 1, characterized in that the radio headset is equipped with a headset including a microphone, a laryngophone and headphones connected to a tablet computer. 3. The kit according to claim 1, characterized in that the small vessel is equipped with a docking station connected via a USB-NMEA 2000 adapter to a navigation radar station and automatic ship identifier equipment. 4. The kit according to claim 1, characterized in that it is connected via the GSM / 3G module of the tablet computer through the mobile operator to the emergency operator to transmit information about the parameters of the vessel, its location and environment.

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