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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shu Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Nakatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Michito Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position of a target ship alongside is displayed in animation on a display unitby the computerbased on any one of the positional information on the target ship alongside, which is transmitted from an automatic identification system (AIS) of a target ship alongside and is obtained by an AIS communication unit, positional information on the target ship alongside, which is obtained by the GNSS communication unitfrom a global navigation satellite system, and positional information on the target ship alongside, which is manually inputted via an operation unit. Therefore, the latest position of the target ship alongside can be always displayed in animation.