An apparatus for nautical tracking, where the apparatus detects at least one object. The apparatus further determines radar information associated with the at least one object, and calculates a first velocity vector associated with the at least one object. The apparatus further determines information associated with a tidal current of the water body, and calculates a second velocity vector based on the information associated with the tidal current. The apparatus further compares the first velocity vector and the second velocity vector in order to classify an object of the at least one object as a target, and further notifies a user of the target.

An apparatus for nautical tracking, where the apparatus detects at least one object. The apparatus further determines radar information associated with the at least one object, and calculates a first velocity vector associated with the at least one object. The apparatus further determines information associated with a tidal current of the water body, and calculates a second velocity vector based on the information associated with the tidal current. The apparatus further compares the first velocity vector and the second velocity vector in order to classify an object of the at least one object as a target, and further notifies a user of the target.

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide perimeter ranging for navigation of mobile structures. A navigation control system includes a logic device, a perimeter ranging system, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other elements of a mobile structure. The logic device is configured to receive perimeter sensor data from ultrasonic perimeter ranging sensor assemblies of the perimeter ranging system and generate an obstruction map based on the received perimeter sensor data. The logic device determines a range to and/or a relative velocity of a navigation hazard based on the received perimeter sensor data. The logic device determines navigation control signals based on the range and/or relative velocity of the navigation hazard. Control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.

A communication control device comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires first information regarding a channel occupied by a primary communication service among a plurality of channels allocated to the primary communication service; a specifying unit that handles the channel occupied by the primary communication service only in a part of a frequency band among the frequency bands corresponding to the channels by specifying another frequency band, that is, a frequency band other than the part of the frequency band; and a control unit that allocates the specified other frequency band to one or more secondary use communication devices that provide a secondary communication service different from the primary communication service.

The present disclosure provides a ship monitoring system capable of appropriately evaluating risks of collisions for a plurality of other ships which constitute a convoy. The ship monitoring system includes a first data generator, a second data generator, and processing circuitry. The first data generator generates first ship data indicative of a position and a velocity of a first ship. The second data generator generates a plurality of second ship data indicative of positions and velocities of a plurality of second ships. The processing circuitry calculates a risk value indicative of a risk of a collision between the first ship and each of the plurality of second ships based on the first ship data and the plurality of second ship data. The processing circuitry determines whether the plurality of second ships are a convoy based on the plurality of second ship data. The processing circuitry selects a representative value from the risk values calculated for the plurality of second ships determined to be the convoy.

The present disclosure provides a ship monitoring system capable of appropriately evaluating risks of collisions for a plurality of other ships which constitute a convoy. The ship monitoring system includes a first data generator, a second data generator, and processing circuitry. The first data generator generates first ship data indicative of a position and a velocity of a first ship. The second data generator generates a plurality of second ship data indicative of positions and velocities of a plurality of second ships. The processing circuitry calculates a risk value indicative of a risk of a collision between the first ship and each of the plurality of second ships based on the first ship data and the plurality of second ship data. The processing circuitry determines whether the plurality of second ships are a convoy based on the plurality of second ship data. The processing circuitry selects a representative value from the risk values calculated for the plurality of second ships determined to be the convoy.

A tracking device is provided, which may include a correction target area setting module configured to set an area in which an unnecessary echo tends to be generated based on a structure or behavior of a ship, as a correction target area, a correction target echo extracting module configured to extract a target object echo within the correction target area from a plurality of detected target object echoes, as a correction target echo, a scoring module configured to score a matching level between previous echo information on a target object echo and detected echo information on each of the target object echoes, based on the previous echo information, the detected echo information and the extraction result, and a determining module configured to determine a target object echo as a current tracking target by using the scored result.

A tracking device is provided, which may include a correction target area setting module configured to set an area in which an unnecessary echo tends to be generated based on a structure or behavior of a ship, as a correction target area, a correction target echo extracting module configured to extract a target object echo within the correction target area from a plurality of detected target object echoes, as a correction target echo, a scoring module configured to score a matching level between previous echo information on a target object echo and detected echo information on each of the target object echoes, based on the previous echo information, the detected echo information and the extraction result, and a determining module configured to determine a target object echo as a current tracking target by using the scored result.

A radar device includes a transmitter, a receiver and processing circuitry. The transmitter transmits a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal, a pulse width of the second pulse signal being wider than a pulse width of the first pulse signal. The receiver may receive a first reception signal including a reflection signal of the first pulse signal and a second reception signal including a reflection signal of the second pulse signal. The processing circuitry may be configured to compare, in a first section that is at least partly in a distance direction, a signal intensity of the first reception signal with a signal intensity of the second reception signal, and generate a display signal based on a result of the comparison.

Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement height-estimation of objects using radar. In particular, a radar system, which is mounted to a moving platform, receives reflection signals that represent versions of a radar signal that are reflected off of objects. The radar system generates a range-elevation map based on raw data from the reflection signals, identifies an elevation bin and a range bin in the range-elevation map that corresponds to a selected object, and calculates a height for the selected object based on the range and elevation bins. The radar system then calculates a de-noised height for the selected object based on one or more previously calculated heights for the selected object. In this way, the radar system can determine accurate heights of objects at sufficiently long ranges for evasive action.