KR20180076936A - Optimum Ocean Route guide system and method using low cost estimation device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method to indicate an optimal sea route for a vessel by using an ultralow-cost marine state estimator, capable of indicating an optimal sea route by estimating surroundings of a corresponding vessel through various sensors and cameras. The system includes: a marine environment estimating system comprising a vessel movement measurement sensor measuring the movement of a sailing vessel to output vessel sailing state measurement information, wind direction sensor sensing the current wind direction to output wind direction information, a wind speed sensor sensing the current wind speed to output wind speed information, a log speed measurement sensor measuring the sailing speed of the vessel to provide sailing speed information, and a marine environment estimator estimating marine environment information of the corresponding vessel by receiving at least one among a wave height observation image signal, the vessel movement state measurement information, wind direction information, wind speed information, and the sailing speed information, and then, transmitting the estimated marine environment information to a ground control center; and the ground control center comprising an optimal sea route deriving unit receiving the marine environment information and analyzing the vessel′s sailing environment, and then, generating and providing optimal sea route information based on analysis results.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to an optimal route guidance system and method using a low-cost offshore condition estimator,

The present invention relates to an optimal route guidance system and method for a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator, and more particularly, to an optimal route guidance system and method for estimating the surrounding environment of a ship using various sensors and cameras, The present invention relates to an optimal route guidance system and method for a ship using a state estimator.

Ships are collectively referred to as structures that can move over water, and transportation facilities on the water. Recently, a ship is provided with flight information using a navigation system using an electronic chart. However, the conventional navigation system searches for and provides the shortest route on the electronic chart, and does not provide an economical route using weather information there was.

In order to solve these problems, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-0103082 discloses a technical idea of providing an economic operation route based on fuel consumption.

That is, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-0103082 described above generates a plurality of flight paths based on flight information, which is a departure place and a destination, acquires weather information about the plurality of generated flight paths, Fuel consumption

After the prediction, a method and system for selecting a flight path that predicts the lowest fuel consumption amount as an economic flight path are proposed.

However, the method of selecting the economic navigation route is a method in which one of the navigation routes is determined prior to departure of the ship. Even in the case of the short-haul navigation, the fuel consumption amount is different from the predicted value before departure due to the real- There is a problem that it can be changed.

In order to solve these problems, Korean Patent No. 10-1556723 proposes an optimal route determining device for a ship to determine and present an optimal route based on weather information according to the current position of the ship.

However, in order to secure the weather information according to the current position of the ship, many expensive sensors are required. In particular, a sensor for detecting a crest has a problem that it is not only expensive but also accurately senses the height of the crest.

Korea Patent Publication No. 2011-0103082 Korea Patent No. 10-1556723

In order to solve the problems of the related art, the present invention accurately recognizes peaking by using low-cost cameras, provides the surrounding environment of the ship using various sensors, estimates the surrounding environment of the ship on the basis thereof, And an object of the present invention is to provide an optimal route guidance system and method for a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator for guiding a navigation route of a ship.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an optimal route guidance system and method for a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator for collecting environmental information of a plurality of ships spread over the entire sea.

An optimal route guidance system for a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of cameras installed on left and right windows of a bridge of a ship for photographing the sea and outputting the image information for wave height observation, A wind speed sensor for detecting the current direction of the wind and outputting the wind direction information, and a wind speed sensor for detecting the current speed of the wind and outputting the wind speed information And at least one of a logarithmic velocity measurement sensor for measuring the acceleration speed of the ship during operation and providing the information as acceleration information and at least one of a video signal for peaking observation, ship motion measurement information, wind direction information, wind speed information, And estimates the maritime environment information of the ship and transmits the estimated maritime environment information to the land control center Marine environment estimation system consisting of a positive means; And an onshore control center including an optimal route deriving means for receiving the marine environment information, analyzing the operating environment of the ship in operation, and generating and providing optimal route information based on the analysis result.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the marine environment estimation system includes two GPS receivers at close distances to generate position information of a ship in operation, measure the navigation speed of the ship, and transmit it to the land control center together with the position information The vessel progress detection sensor.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the land control center may further include a required horsepower calculation unit for calculating a required horsepower based on the marine environment information transmitted from the marine environment estimation system.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the land control center can derive the optimal route by including position information and speed information of the ship detected through the ship progress detection sensor.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the optimal route deriving means may also acquire the optimal route by collecting the position information of the ships operating near the ship centering on the ship providing the maritime environment information and applying the same when deriving the optimal route .

The method for navigating an optimal route of a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator according to another embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the marine environment estimating means comprises means for estimating the marine environment of the ship by digging an image photographed through a plurality of cameras installed on a bridge window of a ship in operation, Receiving; The maritime environment estimating means may include: receiving vessel movement state measurement information through a ship movement measuring sensor; The marine environment estimating means includes: receiving weather information and wind speed information through a wind direction sensor and an wind speed sensor; The marine environment estimating means may be provided with the acceleration speed information of the ship being operated through the logarithmic speed measuring sensor; And the marine environment estimating means estimates the marine environment information of the ship by receiving at least one or more pieces of information about the peak observation image, the ship motion state measurement information, the wind direction information, the wind speed information and the acceleration speed information, And transmitting the environmental information to the land control center.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the maritime environment estimation means may further include detecting the position information and the navigation speed of the ship being operated through the ship progress tax offense and sending the detected information to the land control center.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optimum route guidance method using an ultra low cost coast state estimator of a ship, the method comprising: receiving marine environment information estimated by the marine environment estimating means; The optimal route deriving means includes analyzing the marine environment information to recognize the maritime state in which the ship being operated is located; The optimum route deriving means comprises: calculating a required horsepower based on the sea condition; And the optimal route deriving means may be a step of deriving and providing an optimal route based on the marine condition and the required horsepower.

As an embodiment related to the present invention, the optimum route deriving means includes a step of deriving an optimal route by collecting the position information of the ships operating near the ship centering on the ship providing the marine environment information, .

The present invention has an effect of reducing fuel consumption by estimating the surrounding environment of a ship by using various sensors and cameras and guiding an optimal navigation route.

Further, the present invention collects environmental information of a plurality of vessels spread over the entire sea, enables A / S to be performed based on a plurality of collected environmental information, and can be utilized as reference data in linear conversion, It is possible to derive an optimal linearity, and to be able to optimize the operation, so that the entire lifetime of the ship can be accounted for.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a configuration of an optimal route guidance system for a ship using an ultra low cost solution state estimator according to the present invention; FIG.
2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of generating the marine state estimation information in the marine environment means according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an optimum route derivation method in the optimum route deriving means according to the present invention.

It is noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present invention should be construed in a sense generally understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in the present invention, Should not be construed to mean, or be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense. In addition, when a technical term used in the present invention is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the concept of the present invention, it should be understood that technical terms can be understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, the general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted according to a predefined or prior context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced.

Furthermore, the singular expressions used in the present invention include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present invention, terms such as "comprising" or "comprising" and the like should not be construed as encompassing various elements or various steps of the invention, Or may further include additional components or steps.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the several views, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a configuration of an optimal route guidance system for a ship using an ultra low cost solution state estimator according to the present invention; FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, an optimal route guidance system for a ship using an ultra low cost resolution state estimator includes a marine environment estimation system 100 and a land control center 200.

The marine environment estimation system 100 includes a plurality of cameras 110 and 115 mounted on the left and right windows of a bridge of a ship for photographing marine waves and outputting them as image data for wave height observation, A wind speed sensor 125 for detecting the current direction of the wind and outputting it as wind direction information, an wind speed sensor 125 for detecting the current speed of wind and outputting it as wind speed information 130), a logarithmic velocity measurement sensor (135) for measuring the acceleration speed of the ship in operation and providing the information as acceleration information, and two GPS receivers at a close distance to generate position information of the ship in operation, A ship progress detection sensor 140 for measuring the speed of the ship and sending it to the land control center together with the position information, A maritime environment estimation means 145 for estimating marine environment information of the ship by receiving at least one information and transmitting the estimated marine environment information to the land control center 200, A storage unit 150 for storing position information and speed information of the ship including the information of the wind direction, the wind direction information, the wind direction information, the wind direction information, the wind direction information, the wind direction information, A display unit 155 for displaying the position information and speed information of the ship including the acceleration speed information on the screen, the maritime environment information to the land control center 200 by the land control center 200, And a ship satellite communication unit 160 for receiving the optimal route guidance information received from the ship navigation satellite 200.

The onshore control system 200 has a communication environment with a ship information DB 210 storing ship information, a marine environment information DB 220 storing marine environment information, and a marine satellite communication unit 160, A ship information collecting unit 230 for collecting ship information from the marine environment information received through the satellite communication unit 280 for the server and storing the collected ship information in the ship information DB 210, A marine environment information collecting unit 240 for collecting marine environment information from the marine environment information and storing the collected marine environment information in a marine environment information DB 220 and managing the marine environment information collected through the marine environment information collecting unit 240; An optimal route deriving means 250 for analyzing the operational environment of the ship in operation and generating and providing optimal route information based on the analysis result, and a navigation route determining means 250 for determining, based on the marine environment information transmitted from the marine environment estimating system 100 disturbance And a required horsepower calculating unit 270 for calculating the horsepower.

The land control center 200 further applies the position information and the speed information of the ship detected through the ship progress detection sensor 140 of the marine environment estimation system 100 to derive an optimal route.

The optimal route deriving means 250 also collects the position information of the vessels operating near the ship centering on the ship providing the maritime environment information, and derives the optimum route by applying it when deriving the optimal route.

The optimal route derivation means 250 transmits the derived optimal route information to the autopilot equipment of the ship, and the autopilot equipment operates the ship based on the received optimal route information.

The operation of the optimal route guidance system using the ultra low cost resolution state estimator configured as described above will be described below.

2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of generating the marine state estimation information in the marine environment means according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the marine environment estimation unit 145 receives the images photographed through a plurality of cameras installed on a bridge window of a ship in operation, and provides them as observation information (S110).

The marine environment estimating means 145 provides the marine movement state measurement information through the marine movement measuring sensor 120 in step S120 and provides the wind direction information and the wind speed information through the wind direction sensor 125 and the wind speed sensor 130 ).

The marine environment estimating means 145 receives the information on the speed of the ship being driven through the logarithmic speed measuring sensor 135 (S140).

The maritime environment estimating unit 145 estimates the marine environment information including the image data for the parachute observation provided from the plurality of sensors 120 to 140 including the cameras 110 and 145 as well as the ship motion state measurement information, (S150), and transmits the estimated maritime environment information to the land control center 200 through the marine satellite communication unit 160 (S160).

The maritime environment estimation unit 145 senses the position information and the navigation speed of the ship in operation through the ship progress tax reduction bill 140 and sends it to the land control center 200.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an optimum route derivation method in the optimum route deriving means according to the present invention.

3, the optimal route deriving means 250 receives the marine environment information estimated by the marine environment estimating means 145 (S210), analyzes the provided marine environment information, (Step S220).

The optimal route derivation means 250 calculates the required horsepower based on the sea state (S230), and derives an optimum route based on the sea state and the required horsepower (S240).

On the other hand, the optimal route deriving means 250 also collects the position information of the ships operating near the ship, providing the information on the maritime environment information, and derives the optimal route by applying the information when deriving the optimal route.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

100: Marine environment estimation system
110, 115: Camera 120: Ship motion measurement sensor
125: wind direction sensor 130: wind speed sensor
135: logarithmic velocity measuring sensor 140: vessel progress detecting sensor
150: storage unit 155: display unit
160: Satellite communication unit for ship
200: Land Control Center
210: Ship information DB 220: Marine environment information DB
230: Ship information collecting unit 240: Marine environment information collecting unit
250: Optimum route deriving means 260: Display
270: Required horsepower calculation unit 280: Satellite communication unit for server

Claims (9)

A plurality of cameras installed on left and right windows of the bridge of the ship for photographing the sea and outputting it as image information for wave height observation; a ship motion measurement sensor for measuring the motion state of the ship during operation and outputting it as ship motion state measurement information; A wind speed sensor for detecting the current direction of the ship and outputting it as wind direction information; an air speed sensor for detecting the current speed of the wind and outputting it as wind speed information; and a logarithmic speed measuring sensor And information on at least one of the image for climbing observation, the ship motion state measurement information, the wind direction information, the wind velocity information, and the acceleration speed information, and estimates the marine environment information of the ship, A maritime environment estimation system comprising maritime environment estimation means for sending the data to the control center; And
A land control center comprising an optimal route deriving means for receiving the marine environment information, analyzing a navigation environment of a ship in operation, and generating and providing optimal route information based on analysis results;
The optimal route guidance system for a ship using an ultra low cost marine state estimator. The method according to claim 1,
The maritime environment estimation system includes two GPS receivers at a close distance to generate position information of a ship in operation, measure the navigation speed of the ship, and send it to the land control center together with position information Further comprising the step of estimating an optimal route of the ship. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the land control center further comprises a required horsepower calculation unit for calculating a required horsepower based on the marine environment information transmitted from the marine environment estimation system. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the land control center derives an optimal route by including position information and speed information of the ship detected through the ship progress detection sensor. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the optimum route deriving means derives an optimal route by collecting positional information of vessels operating near the ship providing the marine environment information and deriving an optimal route, An Optimal Route Guidance Method for a Ship Using. The marine environment estimating means comprises the steps of: picking up an image photographed through a plurality of cameras installed on a bridge window of a ship in operation and receiving the data as observation information;
Wherein the maritime environment estimation means comprises: receiving vessel movement state measurement information through a vessel movement measurement sensor;
Wherein the marine environment estimating means comprises: receiving wind direction information and wind speed information through a wind direction sensor and an wind speed sensor;
The maritime environment estimating means may be provided with the acceleration speed information of the ship being operated through the logarithmic velocity measuring sensor; And
The marine environment estimating means estimates the marine environment information of the ship by receiving at least one of the image data for peaking observation, the ship motion measurement information, the wind direction information, the wind velocity information and the acceleration speed information, Transmitting the marine environment information to the land control center;
A method of guiding an optimal route of a ship using an ultra low cost sea state estimator. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the maritime environment estimating means further comprises a step of sensing the position information and the operating speed of the ship being operated through the ship progress tax offense and sending the detected information to the land control center Route guidance method. The optimum route deriving means comprises: receiving the marine environment information estimated by the marine environment estimating means;
Analyzing the marine environment information to recognize the maritime state in which the ship being operated is located;
Wherein the optimum route deriving means comprises: calculating a required horsepower based on the sea state; And
The optimal route deriving means derives and provides an optimal route based on the marine state and the required horsepower;
A method of guiding an optimal route of a ship using an ultra low cost sea state estimator. 9. The method of claim 8,
The optimal route deriving means may further include a step of deriving an optimum route by collecting position information of ships operating near the ship providing the maritime environment information and applying the same when deriving an optimal route, An Optimal Route Guidance Method for a Ship Using an Ultra - Low - Cost Resolution Estimator.

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