US 11,738,835 B2
Distributed decision making
Kenneth Solberg, Alesund (NO); Carl Johansson, Alesund (NO); and Morten Skogvold, Alesund (NO)
Assigned to KONGSBERG MARITIME AS, Horten (NO)
Appl. No. 16/978,529
Filed by Kongsberg Maritime CM AS, Horten (NO)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NO2019/050048
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/172774, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20180336 (NO), filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398954 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63B 43/00 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 79/40 (2020.01) [B63B 43/00 (2013.01); B63H 21/21 (2013.01); G05B 23/0275 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marine vessel safety system which ensures that a remote and autonomous marine vessel enters a safe state in the event of at least one malfunction in any vessel operation systems and components of the marine vessel, the marine vessel safety system comprises:
at least one vessel monitoring system, configured to monitor the vessel operation systems and components of the marine vessel,
a plurality of decision-making systems, each comprising at least one malfunction evaluation system configured to detect any malfunction in the vessel operation systems and components of the marine vessel and to evaluate the detected malfunction,
a safe-state control system, configured to be activated by any one of the malfunction evaluation systems in the event where any of the malfunction evaluation systems detect any malfunction in the vessel operation systems and components, and to execute a set of control commands, which forces the vessel in to a safe state.