US 12,071,209 B2
Supervisory control arrangement for a vessel
Alexander Adriaan Rudolf Breijs, Schiedam (NL)
Assigned to BAGGERMAATSCHAPPIJ BOSKALIS B.V., Papendrecht (NL)
Appl. No. 17/421,181
Filed by Baggermaatschappij Boskalis B.V., Papendrecht (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050014
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/145825, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022366 (NL), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073173 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B66C 23/52 (2006.01); B63B 27/10 (2006.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B66C 13/18 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 79/40 (2020.01) [B63B 27/10 (2013.01); B66C 13/18 (2013.01); B66C 23/52 (2013.01); G05D 1/0208 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supervisory control arrangement for a vessel for installing a structure onto or into a seabed, the vessel comprising a dynamic positioning system for controlling a vessel position, and a lifting crane and a gripper as a structure positioning system for controlling a structure position, the supervisory control arrangement comprising:
an input module for receiving data related to an instruction for motive action by at least one of: the lifting crane and/or gripper of the structure positioning system and the dynamic positioning system;
a processing module for processing the received data, arranged to determine an expected response force acting on the vessel or the structure as a result of the instructed motive action; and
an output module for providing processed data related to the expected response force to at least one of the structure positioning system, the dynamic positioning system and an operator.