EP0812763A2 - Système électronique de sécurité pour équipages de bateau à voile - Google Patents

Système électronique de sécurité pour équipages de bateau à voile Download PDF

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EP0812763A2
EP0812763A2 EP97830237A EP97830237A EP0812763A2 EP 0812763 A2 EP0812763 A2 EP 0812763A2 EP 97830237 A EP97830237 A EP 97830237A EP 97830237 A EP97830237 A EP 97830237A EP 0812763 A2 EP0812763 A2 EP 0812763A2
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central processor
alarm
sailor
transmitter
deckhouse
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Gianmauro Giorgi
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SIP SAS
Telecom Italia SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/0005—Life-saving in water by means of alarm devices for persons falling into the water, e.g. by signalling, by controlling the propulsion or manoeuvring means of the boat

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  • the present invention relates to an electronic safety system for boats, and more particularly for sailing boats with a single person on board, able to automatically stop the boat if, the sailor is suddenly taken ill or accidentally falls overboard, and transmitting, via satellite the boat position to succouring units.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic safety system for sailors of sailing boats, which uninterruptedly checks if the person is on board or is fallen overboard, and reads in the latter case the boat position, activates alarm devices, possibly stops the boat and communicates via satellite to the succouring units the position where the accident has occured.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system of the above type, comprising a portable miniaturized transmitter, and activating (triggering) immediately the above sequence of operations, even when the sailor leaves the deckhouse without carrying the transmitter, or without having turned it on.
  • a third object of the invention is that of including in the electronic safety system, reset means which stop the above mentioned sequence of actions when the dangerous situation has ceased to exist, or which only temporarily postpone this sequence, in case the sailor comes out of the deckhouse for an emergency.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the various components of the electronic system and the way they interact.
  • the system comprises at least one miniaturized portable radio transmitter 1 which transmits the signals to the radio receiver 3 of the central processor 4.
  • the numerals 5 and 6 indicate optical and acoustic alarm devices.
  • the central processor 4 is also connected to systems known in the art and which have already been used for a long time in this field of nautical science, namely the gyrocompass 14, the automatic pilot 15, the actuator 16 for the rudder position, and, on the other hand, the - also known - system comprising the transceiver apparatus INMARSAT-C 9 enabling communication via satellite and the GPS board 10 for position determination, together with its antenna 11.
  • a detector 12 of the boom position is also linked with the central processor 4, and this detector can be embodied by a rheostat, a potentiometer or any kind of microswitches, or even any kind of position sensor whatever, magnetic, etc.
  • the device 12 cooperating with the known components 14, 15, 16, 17, as described below, is one of the fundamental elements included in the electronic safety system, according to the present invention.
  • a mush-room-head push button 7 for the manual resetting of the system is also connected to the central processor 4. This mush-room-head push button 7 is located at the entry of the deckhouse.
  • a further reset push button (not shown) is on the portable radio transmitter 1. The reset push buttons restore the initial conditions of the electronic safety system and have various functions, since they can be actuated in several situations, as follows from the following description of the system operation.
  • a last component of the system schematically illustrated in Fig. 1, is the battery loader 2 with two spaces for lodging the miniaturized portable radio transmitter 1.
  • a transmitter 1 is constantly placed into one of the spaces 18, 18' of the battery loader 2.
  • the sailor takes from the battery loader 2, one of the miniaturized radio transmitters 1 located in the respective spaces 18, 18', turns it on and wears it.
  • the photoelectric cells 8 transmit this information to the central processor 4.
  • the transmitter sends an alarm signal, which will be received by the radio receiver 3 and processed by the control unit 4, starting the execution of the following actions: a) readout and recording of the boat position, with the GPS board located inside the transceiver apparatus INMARSAT-C for communication via satellite; b) activation of the optical and acoustic alarm devices 5, 6.
  • the transmitter 1 emits signals in an intermittent manner, therefore, even if the transmitter 1 did not transmit the signal "man fallen overboard", the central processor 4, which could not receive the intermittent signal too, would anyway start the sequence of actions a) and b).
  • the transmitter 1 also has a push button, operable by the sailor in an emergency case, for instance if he is struck by an illness, leading, also in this case, to the actions a) and b).
  • a push button operable by the sailor in an emergency case, for instance if he is struck by an illness, leading, also in this case, to the actions a) and b).
  • the program of the central processor 4 will start the operations c) and d), according to which: c) the tiller of the rudder 17 is driven, by controlling the actuator 16 of the rudder position, in the end of stroke position, in the direction opposite to the wind direction - detected through the detector 12 of the boom position -, so as to stop the boat; d) after 10 minutes (the time available to the sailor to go on board again), an alarm will be sent to the responsible authorities, through the satellite terminal INMARSAT-C or through the B station, communicating the position where the accident has occured.
  • the period of 10 minutes in the above phase d), may be increased or reduced.
  • the absence of the signal received from the portable transmitter for instance for a period of more than 10 seconds, activates in any case the alarm procedure a)-d). If the sailor comes out of the deckhouse without wearing the transmitter 1, the sequence of alarm actions a)-d) is started automatically in any case. The same occurs if he comes out of the deckhouse forgetting to turn on the portable transmitter 1. Indeed, in both circumstances, the photoelectric cells 8 will inform the central processor 4 that the sailor left the deckhouse, but the radio receiver 3 will not receive any signal.
  • the pressing of the mush-room-head push button 7 (located at the entry of the deckhouse) will delay, for instance for 5 minutes, the sequence of alarm actions.
  • the procedure a)-d) would be repeated automatically.
  • the system returns in the stand-by conditions, i.e. in the fundamental state, when the sailor enters again the deckhouse and puts again the portable transmitter in the battery loader.
  • the invention can be applied also to the case of several persons present on board and to the case of a motor boat.

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EP97830237A 1996-06-14 1997-05-23 Système électronique de sécurité pour équipages de bateau à voile Withdrawn EP0812763A3 (fr)

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IT96RM000421A IT1284161B1 (it) 1996-06-14 1996-06-14 Sistema elettronico di sicurezza per navigatori a vela

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GB2336928A (en) * 1998-04-30 1999-11-03 Andrew Steven Russell Man overboard system
WO2009083731A1 (fr) * 2007-12-31 2009-07-09 Marine Rescue Technologies Limited Améliorations apportées à un dispositif de secours ou relatives à celui-ci
CN110386235A (zh) * 2019-08-08 2019-10-29 中国人民解放军军事科学院国防科技创新研究院 一种星载微波光学复合船舶救援装置及方法

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GB2336928A (en) * 1998-04-30 1999-11-03 Andrew Steven Russell Man overboard system
WO2009083731A1 (fr) * 2007-12-31 2009-07-09 Marine Rescue Technologies Limited Améliorations apportées à un dispositif de secours ou relatives à celui-ci
CN110386235A (zh) * 2019-08-08 2019-10-29 中国人民解放军军事科学院国防科技创新研究院 一种星载微波光学复合船舶救援装置及方法

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