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7439902 Radar controlled automatic target illumination system  
A radar controlled automatic target illumination system for marine and other moving vessels. A radar system operably connected to the vessel produces an electronic signal corresponding to an...
7417583 Methods and apparatus for providing target altitude estimation in a two dimensional radar system  
Method and apparatus to track a contact using a sensor in a two-dimensional radar system, determine a closest point of approach (CPA) for the contact, determine a time to closest point of approach...
7315274 Method and system for determining the position of marine vessels and similar objects  
A method for determining the relative position between two or more objects in a marine environment, including waterways, of which at least one object can be maneuvered relative to one or more other...
7286955 Ship proximity measurement display system including the remotely viewable billboard and bridge display with data communication and attachment framing  
This invention allows personnel located on two different structures, such as two ships, to continually monitor the separation distance between the two structures, with all of the necessary...
7280914 Instrumented lock entry and traversing system  
An instrumented navigation system for aiding a towboat and barge configuration in the entry and traversal of a lock located on a waterway or for navigation around other structures, such as bridge...
7265711 High-frequency oscillator, high-frequency transmission-reception apparatus using the same, radar apparatus, and radar-apparatus-equipped vehicle and small boat equipped with the same  
A high-frequency oscillator that can tune oscillation characteristics is provided. A high-frequency oscillator includes a Gunn diode serving as a high-frequency oscillation element that generates...
7196654 Vehicle positioning and tracking radar system  
A vehicle positioning and tracking radar system includes a rotating antenna with a pair of spatially separated transmit feeds for simultaneously transmitting a pair of frequency-modulated...
7129887 Augmented reality traffic control center  
In an exemplary embodiment, an augmented reality system for traffic control combines data from a plurality of sensors to display, in real time, information about traffic control objects, such as...
7099755 Automation and platform management system for naval vessels  
An automation and platform management system for navel vessels configured to be operated from a multimedia information and operation control center. This automation and management system has a...
RE39053 Collision avoidance system for use in aircraft  
A collision avoidance system mountable on an aircraft for providing to the pilot of that aircraft an early warning of the presence of another nearby threat aircraft within the surrounding air...
6987480 Voice communications control system and method  
An audio communications control system operates between multiple voice communications systems and a single headset worn by an operator accessing the multiple communications systems via voice...
6917860 Transmission, receipt, and presentation of vehicle specific environmental conditions and hazards information  
A method for transmitting environmental conditions information, which includes receiving at least some environmental conditions information, scaling the received information such that a scaled...
6707414 Docking information system for boats  
A docking information system disposed on a ship provides navigational information to the operator of the ship. The system includes a short range radar system and a display to provide a range...
6687637 Data sensor validation system and method  
A method of data sensor validation is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of pre-processing data sensor from each sensor from a plurality of sensors for at least segmenting the data sensors...
6677889 Auto-docking system  
An auto-docking system has been provided that can automatically dock a ship. The auto-docking system provides a close in radar system and a secondary propulsion system that is under control of a...
6664916 System and method for identifying navigational markers using radar  
A system containing a navigational marker, the navigational marker having the ability to reflect radar in such a manner that the navigational marker is identified. In one embodiment, a polarized...
6529156 Self calibration of transponder apparatus  
A method and apparatus is provided for remotely and constantly calibrating a transponder by using the ring around phenomenon. A number of different time varying physical quantities, such as for...
6288629 Method of using write--ok flag for radio frequency (RF) transponders (RF Tags)  
A method of sending data from a base station to a passive RF tag and writing the data to a tag non-volatile memory which detects a "partial write", where the tag voltage falls during the write...
6285312 Arrangement for controlling radar transmissions for a system of antennas on a moving platform  
An arrangement for controlling radar transmissions for a system of antennas disposed on a moving platform. The radar transmissions are allocated to an antenna face for a future transmission. To...
6249241 Marine vessel traffic system  
The marine Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is an improved radar harbor surveillance sensor, computer and display system that monitors marine harbor traffic, provides advisories to vessels in areas...
6225940 Radar reflecting system and method for small water craft  
A detection system for small water craft, such as a kayak. Radar reflective material is incorporated in the surface of the kayak or other water craft, and also is incorporated in surface areas of...
5969665 Method and apparatus for control of vessel maneuvering  
An improved method and apparatus provide a control of the vessel maneuvering by a determination and displaying of the dangerous relative course zones, wherein the end of the vessel speed-vector...
5805101 Process for determining the position of a radar target  
A process is disclosed for determining the position and/or the displacement in time (trace) of a (radar) target surface by a radar installation. A predeterminable number M of the largest echo...
5663730 Radar system for transmitting and receiving radar signals via a common aerial  
The radar system comprises a transmitter unit and a receiving unit for radar signals, a trigger unit for guiding the radar signals from the transmitter unit and an aerial unit for transmitting the...
5633644 Process for monitoring ship traffic at sea while recognizing oil spills and potential ship collisions  
The invention provides a system and a method for detection of oil spills and icebergs at sea and for aiding the navigation of ship traffic to avoid collisions between ships and icebergs. A...
5319373 Method and apparatus for determining ship position in a television image  
Apparatus for detecting the position of a vessel in a broadcast image of the radar scan in a radar monitored area includes a television monitor for displaying a broadcast image of a radar scan of...
5313201 Vehicular display system  
A vehicular display includes a three-dimensional representation of a moving host vehicle fixed at a stationary point on the screen, and dynamic representations of objects located within a...
5307074 Collision avoidance system for sea navigation  
A collision avoidance system for sea navigation comprises, for each equipped ship, a transmitter that repeatedly transmits the geographic coordinates, course and speed of its own ship and a...
5268690 Radar system  
Herein disclosed is a radar system having a function for setting a watch alarm region, which function has been improved in operability. A region displayed in a display part surrounding the radar...
5210534 Encoding method for anti-collision system for sea navigation  
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...
5191341 System for sea navigation or traffic control/assistance  
A system to control sea navigation or traffic of a plurality of ships or moving bodies is disclosed. The system comprises a radio navigation reference system comprising at least two reference...
5153836 Universal dynamic navigation, surveillance, emergency location, and collision avoidance system and method  
A craft tracking and collision avoidance system is disclosed. The system allows the positions of a plurality of craft, either on land, sea, or air, or space, to be monitored. Each craft determines...
5111210 Collision avoidance radar detector system  
A microwave signal detector system provides a visual indication of the relative bearing of a remote source of microwave energy. An antenna for receiving said microwave energy includes a plurality...
5065161 Ship track indicating apparatus  
A ship track indicating apparatus displays the ship track of another ship with a line of narrow width on the screen of the indicator of a radar apparatus so that the ship track of another ship can...
4924233 Sensor input/output system with continuous compass interface  
A sensor input/output system in a main radar system maintains continuous power to the compass interface when the main radar system is shut down. A single level of interrupt handlers is utilized...
4912473 Radar equipment  
A radar equipment comprising a display unit (FIG. 1) and a scanning unit (FIG. 2) linked together by electrical conductors (94,72,106,26) for the transmission of information and/or control signals...
4885591 Method and apparatus for monitoring ice masses  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for monitoring ice masses wherein a signal transmitter is attached to an ice mass and receivers are used to detect the location of the transmitter.
4777489 Method and apparatus for sensing and displaying targets within a preset zone  
Target pixel signals representing radar echo signals are stored in an addressable memory; and the contents of at least selected storage locations within a preset guard zone are read out of the...
4706090 Ship collision preventive aid apparatus  
The present application discloses a ship collision preventive aid apparatus in which a radar picture and a key picture are selected from all pictures displayed on a display means as transmitted...
4684949 VHF/radar transponder collision avoidance aid  
A radiotelephone and a radar transponder are interconnected in such a manner as to establish a VHF communications link via the radiotelephone in response to interrogation of the radar transponder....
4623966 Collision avoidance apparatus  
Apparatus for assessing maneuvers of a first vehicle (6) so fitted relative to other vehicles (58, 68, 71-74) comprises sensing means for providing signals representative of the positions and...
4611209 Navigation warning system and method  
A navigation warning system and method for vessels includes one more earth satellites which electro-optically scan whole bodies of water whose signals are analyzed by a computer either on a...
4533918 Pilot assistance device  
A device working in conjunction with commercial-grade radar equipment for accurately pinpointing the location of a target or a topological feature with a precision greatly superior to the specified...
4466068 Apparatus for the detection and prevention of collision risks in deep sea and coastal navigation  
Apparatus for the detection and prevention of collision hazards between a ship fitted with a radar on board and moving or fixed obstacles identified on the radar screen on board of the ship,...
4403220 Radar system for collision avoidance  
A radar system is disclosed adapted to detect relative headings between a system-equipped craft such as aircraft and ships at sea and a detected object moving relative to the ground, the system...
4339751 Marine radar including anticollision unit  
A bright display radar system having anticollision capabilities in which received signals are digitized at a rate determined by a radar range setting and displayed at a constant relatively slow...
4301452 Station watch alarm system  
A system which cooperates with a conventional radar system produces an alarm upon departure of a reference target from a predetermined area relative to a vessel as an indication of vessel drift...
4281326 Automatic collision warning target display system  
A warning system that operates with an existing radar system to display on the scope thereof a first pair of traces of adjustable maximum and minimum range defining an early warning collision...
4224621 PPI Display for radar and synthetic symbology  
A complete frame of radar data is stored in radar real time addressed in accordance with antenna azimuth. The PPI rotating display scan is generated by deflecting the beam along the azimuth sweeps...
4163972 Automatic shipboard collision avoidance system  
An automatic shipboard collision avoidance system comprises radar; a situation indicator connected to the radar receiver; a computer, which extracts target echoes from clutter and determines the...
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