US 11,958,574 B2
Remote position management
Lindsay Ambler, Myakka City, FL (US)
Assigned to Rhodan Marine Systems of Florida, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed by Rhodan Marine Systems of Florida, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,705, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063772 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63H 25/46 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 35/00 (2013.01) [B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 25/46 (2013.01); G05D 1/0208 (2013.01); B63B 2035/008 (2013.01); B63B 2213/02 (2013.01); B63H 2025/028 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system for remotely navigating a marine vessel, the system comprising:
a marine location management system located remote and separate from the marine vessel and comprising:
a storage medium adapted to store geographical coordinates of at least one marine location, wherein the at least one marine location is located within a location selected from the group consisting of a marina, a mooring field, and a lock;
a communication module adapted to receive a geographical location of the marine vessel; and
a processor, in communication with the storage medium and the communication module, adapted to:
determine at least one available location of the at least one marine location to receive the marine vessel, each available location associated with corresponding geographical coordinates;
determine a navigation plan based on the corresponding geographical coordinates of the at least one available location and the geographical location of the marine vessel; and
identify an optimal available location of the at least one available location based on one or more selection criteria; and
a vessel control system for controlling at least one motor located on the marine vessel, the vessel control system configured:
(i) to receive the navigation plan corresponding to the optimal available location determined by the processor, wherein one or both of the processor and the vessel control system are configured to calculate a set of thrust vectors based on the navigation plan; and
(ii) control the at least one motor based on the set of thrust vectors to navigate the marine vessel to the optimal available location.