US 11,738,847 B2
Interface unit
Mark Callaway, Alesund (NO); Anite Lee Jin Teo, Lincoln (GB); Nils Sigmund Breivik, Myklebost (NO); and Shaun Dawson, Derby (GB)
Assigned to KONGSBERG MARITIME AS, Horten (NO)
Appl. No. 16/892,067
Filed by Kongsberg Maritime CM AS, Alesund (NO)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/NO2018/050303
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/112442, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20171950 (NO), filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0369358 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B63H 25/42 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B63B 35/66 (2006.01); B63B 49/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B63H 5/125 (2006.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/42 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63B 35/66 (2013.01); B63B 49/00 (2013.01); B63B 2035/007 (2013.01); B63B 2035/008 (2013.01); B63H 2005/1254 (2013.01); B63H 2025/045 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface unit providing an interface between a control and sensor system of an assisted vessel with thrust capabilities and a master dynamic positioning system, wherein the master dynamic positioning system is configured to control a number of auxiliary vessels as one unit and control the thrust capabilities of the assisted vessel for assisting in maneuvering of the assisted vessel, and wherein the interface unit is adapted to transmit from the control and sensor system of the assisted vessel to the master dynamic positioning system information that includes at least one of:
a rudder angle of the assisted vessel;
a pitch angle of the controllable pitch propeller of the assisted vessel;
a propeller revolutions per minute of the assisted vessel;
an engine revolutions per minute of the assisted vessel;
an engine power of the assisted vessel;
a thruster angle of the assisted vessel;
a thruster revolutions per minute of the assisted vessel; and
a thruster power of the assisted vessel.