US 12,406,593 B2
System for simulating a maritime environment
Sverre Dokken, Monaco (MC); Kris Lemmens, Larnaca (CY); Waqas Ahmed Qazi, Islamabad (PK); Jorgen Grindevoll, Sabaneta Antioquia (CO); Alexis Michael, Limassol (CY); Reidulf Maalen, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Hans Lennart Cederberg, Norrköping (SE)
Assigned to G.M.S. Global Maritime Services Ltd., London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/277,122
Filed by G.M.S. Global Maritime Services Ltd., London (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/075114
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058380, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195510 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0272468 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/063 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for simulating a maritime environment, the maritime environment being sensed by a sensor of a maritime vessel, the system comprising:
a data duplicator comprising an input interface, a processor, a first output interface, and a second output interface, wherein the input interface of the data duplicator is configured to receive sensor data from the sensor of the maritime vessel, the processor of the data duplicator is configured to duplicate the sensor data to obtain duplicated sensor data, the first output interface is configured to provide the sensor data, and the second output interface is configured to provide the duplicated sensor data; and
a training environment simulator comprising an input interface, a processor, a display, a communication interface, and a memory, wherein the input interface of the training environment simulator is configured to receive the duplicated sensor data, the processor of the training environment simulator is configured to simulate the maritime environment based at least in part on the duplicated sensor data to obtain a virtual representation of the maritime environment, the display is configured to display the virtual representation of the maritime environment, the communication interface is configured to communicate over a communication network and to receive further sensor data over the communication network, and the memory is configured to store complementary data associated with the maritime environment that together with the duplicated sensor data and the further sensor data represents the maritime environment,
wherein the processor of the data duplicator is further configured to convert the duplicated sensor data from a first predetermined sensor data format into a second predetermined sensor data format, wherein the first predetermined sensor data format is associated with the sensor, and wherein the second predetermined sensor data format is associated with the training environment simulator,
wherein the first output interface and the second output interface of the data duplicator are further configured to simultaneously provide the sensor data and the duplicated sensor data to enable a concurrent comparison of a maritime operation in the maritime environment and the virtual representation of the maritime environment,
wherein the duplicated sensor data, the further sensor data, the complementary data, or any combination thereof, represents a location of an object in the maritime environment, a speed of motion of the object in the maritime environment, a direction of motion of the object in the maritime environment, a water current direction within the maritime environment, a water current speed within the maritime environment, a wind direction within the maritime environment, a wind speed within the maritime environment, a wave direction within the maritime environment, a significant height of a wave within the maritime environment, and a temperature within the maritime environment, and
wherein the processor of the training environment simulator is further configured to simulate the maritime environment based at least in part on the further sensor data and the complementary data to obtain the virtual representation of the maritime environment.