US 12,223,842 B2
Vessel systems and methods relating thereto
David Belu Solomon, San Francisco, CA (US); Will Eamon Mcdonald, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Burg, Portland, OR (US); and Melissa Sara Garren, Carmel, CA (US)
Assigned to PELAGIC DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
Filed by PELAGIC DATA SYSTEMS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,966.
Application 17/478,966 is a continuation of application No. 16/070,290, granted, now 11,151,884, previously published as PCT/US2016/063183, filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/278,994, filed on Jan. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0005359 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B63B 79/15 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G08G 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 3/00 (2013.01) [B63B 79/15 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); G01C 21/203 (2013.01); G01C 21/3807 (2020.08); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of tracking vessel activities, said method comprising:
receiving data, using one or more devices, including vessel positioning data and/or time associated with one or more vessels traversing one or more paths on a body of water;
identifying, using said processor, one or more types of vessel activities of one or more of said vessels at certain positions and/or time along one or more of said paths;
parsing, using said processor, an electronic map of said body of water and land surrounding said body of water into discrete geographic zones, each of which defines a boundary around a water region and/or a land region that is located within said electronic map and some of which include at least a portion of one or more of said paths of one or more of said vessels;
grouping, using said processor, one or more types of vessel activities being carried out in each of said discrete geographic zones to arrive at one or more types of grouped vessel activities; and
causing to display or displaying, on a display interface, said electronic map including said boundary surrounding each of said discrete geographic zones and, located within said boundary of at least some of said discrete geographic zones, one or more types of grouped vessel activities that are being carried out in said discrete geographic zones.