AUTOMATION IN MARINE RADAR. COLLISION WARNING AND COURSE TRACKING AT SEA

The need for automatic collision warning at sea and for more rapid and accurate navigational information has led to the development of an auto-tracking marine navigational radar. In it the display provides initial all-round early warning of any approaching vessel (or coastline) followed by auto-tracking and collision-risk assessment of any vessels on potentially dangerous courses. All the navigational information is presented as a composite picture superimposed on the live radar information on a two-color display system. An additional facility is incorporated by which the effects of a change of one's own ships' course and/or speed can be rapidly and comprehensively assessed and optimized before any actual maneuver is initiated.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hirst Research Centre

  East Lane
  Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7PP,   England 
• Authors:
  • Nuttall, TWB
  • Hartland, B J
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 94-102
• Serial:
  • Journal of Science and Technology
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Hirst Research Centre

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Navigation radar; Navigational aids
• Old TRIS Terms: Anticollision radar
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019421
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1972 12:00AM