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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Takumi Fujikawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshinari Yoshida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Eiji Matsui, Nishinomiya, JP;
Motoji Kondo, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takumi Kawamoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Ryoichi Nakai, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Nagano, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hidetoshi Kaida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Masaru Nishida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takumi Fujikawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshinari Yoshida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Eiji Matsui, Nishinomiya, JP;
Motoji Kondo, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takumi Kawamoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Ryoichi Nakai, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Nagano, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hidetoshi Kaida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Masaru Nishida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Company Limited, Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
An onboard equipment network system comprises a radar core device, a GPS core device, an echo sounder core device and a sonar core device and display devices which are connected to a network through a hub. Each core device includes a detecting section or a positioning section, as well as a control section, a power supply section and a data transmitter for transmitting detecting signals or positioning signals, while each display device includes a command section for transmitting command data to the individual core devices for setting their operating conditions and a display section for displaying image data received from the individual core devices. The command data is transmitted using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) while the image data is transmitted using User Datagram Protocol (UDP).