Marine vessel traffic system
Patent 6249241 Issued on June 19, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 21, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
September 21, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3705404 3737902 3766552 3870992 3890616 Marine traffic conflict assessment system Radar system for collision avoidance Electronic chart system Navigation system including an integrated electronic chart display VHF/radar transponder collision avoidance aid Inventors
ApplicationNo. 530387 filed on 09/21/1995US Classes:342/41, SHIP COLLISION AVOIDANCE342/59, PLURAL RADAR701/301Collision avoidanceExaminersPrimary: Sotomayor, John B.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG01S 013/93AbstractThe marine Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is an improved radar harbor surveillance sensor, computer and display system that monitors marine harbor traffic, provides advisories to vessels in areas selected by the system operators, and provide the operators of the system with an early warning of unacceptable traffic conflicts in the confined waterways of the harbor. The VTS collects harbor traffic information from multiple remote sensor collection sites around the harbor and integrates, records, merges and presents the remote site data onto a single operator display, selected from a plurality of operator displays. VTS provides quick accurate computer generated graphic display of the harbor traffic, possible surface and subsurface conflicts, and key vessel identification information and the VTS documents incidents and traffic conditions for the Coast Guard or other waterway authorities. | |
