A method for steering a vessel (6) towing a streamer (7) or a streamer spread. The method comprises acquiring or determining a desired trajectory (PPL) for at least one point (CS7) of the streamer (7) or of the streamer spread; acquiring or determining water current values; modelling a plurality of trajectories for the streamer (7) or the streamer spread according to a plurality of given courses for the vessel and said water current values; determining a target course (T6) for the vessel (6) in function of said plurality of modelled trajectories for the streamer (7) or the streamer spread, and in function of said desired trajectory (PPL) of said at least one point (CS7) of the streamer (7) or of the streamer spread, so that the position (TCS7) of said at least one point (CS7) of the streamer (7) or of the streamer spread, that results from the determined target course (T6) of the vessel (6), follows said desired trajectory (PPL) or follows a trajectory that is included in a predefined width corridor that contains said desired trajectory (PPL); and steering the vessel (6) according to the determined target course (T6). It is also proposed a related computer program, navigation system and method for seismic data acquisition.

A craft comprises a hull, a wing, a hydrofoil, and a control system. The wing is configured to generate upwards aero lift as air flows past the wing to facilitate wing-borne flight of the craft. The hydrofoil is configured to generate upwards hydrofoil lift during a first mode of operation as water flows past the hydrofoil to facilitate hydrofoil-borne movement of the craft through the water. While the craft is hydrofoil-borne, the control system is configured to determine the upwards aero lift generated by the wing. The control system is further configured to control the hydrofoil to generate downwards hydrofoil lift to counteract the upwards aero lift generated by the wing that maintains the hydrofoil at least partially submerged in the water while the determined upwards aero lift is below a threshold lift.

A system for monitoring a physical change of a marine structure includes a complex optical measuring instrument configured to detect a behavior and structural change of the marine structure by using at least one optical sensor by means of optical fiber Bragg grating.

A system for monitoring a physical change of a marine structure includes a complex optical measuring instrument configured to detect a behavior and structural change of the marine structure by using at least one optical sensor by means of optical fiber Bragg grating.

A boat includes a dash positioned proximate a windshield at a first non-zero angle. A speaker is mounted under a top surface of the dash at a second non-zero angle. The speaker is positioned to direct sound emanating from the speaker through an opening in the dash and the windshield is configured to reflect the sound emanating from the speaker as reflected sound in an aft direction. The boat may also include an enclosure having a reflective surface positioned within a cavity formed between the deck and hull of the boat. A speaker, mounted within the enclosure, and the reflective surface are configured to reflect sound emanating from the speaker off of the reflective surface and through an opening of the enclosure.

The present invention relates to a vessel data integration system and a vessel comprising same. Accordingly, the present invention preferably comprises: a first vessel data conversion device for converting first vessel data which have a non-standard format and are received from first equipment into integrated vessel data by using a vessel data model (VDM)-based VDM path; and a second vessel data conversion device for converting second vessel data which have a standard format and are received from second equipment into the integrated vessel data.

A vessel hull stabilization system includes a housing having a rotatable shaft mounted thereto, the shaft configured to connect to a fin such that the fin is located on an outside of the vessel hull and the housing is located on an inside of the vessel hull. A drive system is mounted to the housing and includes a motor and a drive element. The motor is connected to a central shaft of the drive element and an outer element of the drive element is connected to the fin shaft. The drive element includes a plurality of teeth positioned between the outer element and the central shaft such that when the motor rotates the central shaft, the plurality of teeth oscillate in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the central shaft to interact with and rotate the outer element. A controller receives sensor readings to determine control signals to send to the motor(s) to impart rotation of the fin.

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide passage planning for a mobile structure. A passage planning system includes a logic device configured to communicate with a user interface associated with the mobile structure and at least one operational state sensor mounted to or within the mobile structure. The logic device determines an operational range map based, at least in part, on an operational state of the mobile structure, potential navigational hazards, and/or environmental conditions associated with the mobile structure. Such operational range map and other control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to generate a planned route and/or adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.

Disclosed is a tracking and identification method for multiple vessel targets, devices, electronic device, and storage media. The method comprises: determining the current position of the vessel based on effective AIS data, and projecting it into an image to obtain the visual motion trajectory of the vessel; obtaining target detection boxes corresponding to multiple vessels based on video surveillance data; determining an occluded area based on the target detection boxes of multiple vessels at the previous time, determining the predicted detection box of the occluded area, and loading the appearance features of the predicted detection boxes as the appearance features extracted at the last time before occlusion; integrating effective AIS data from multiple vessels into video surveillance data to determine the vessel's identity. This disclosure can solve the problem of anti-occlusion tracking for vessels in complex vessel navigation scenarios such as severe occlusion and complete occlusion.

Disclosed is a tracking and identification method for multiple vessel targets, devices, electronic device, and storage media. The method comprises: determining the current position of the vessel based on effective AIS data, and projecting it into an image to obtain the visual motion trajectory of the vessel; obtaining target detection boxes corresponding to multiple vessels based on video surveillance data; determining an occluded area based on the target detection boxes of multiple vessels at the previous time, determining the predicted detection box of the occluded area, and loading the appearance features of the predicted detection boxes as the appearance features extracted at the last time before occlusion; integrating effective AIS data from multiple vessels into video surveillance data to determine the vessel's identity. This disclosure can solve the problem of anti-occlusion tracking for vessels in complex vessel navigation scenarios such as severe occlusion and complete occlusion.