EP1842771A1 - Schiff vom Typ, der eine Kommandobrücke mit direkter Sicht auf die Umgebung und eine operationelle Steuerkabine umfasst - Google Patents

Schiff vom Typ, der eine Kommandobrücke mit direkter Sicht auf die Umgebung und eine operationelle Steuerkabine umfasst Download PDF

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EP1842771A1
EP1842771A1 EP07290405A EP07290405A EP1842771A1 EP 1842771 A1 EP1842771 A1 EP 1842771A1 EP 07290405 A EP07290405 A EP 07290405A EP 07290405 A EP07290405 A EP 07290405A EP 1842771 A1 EP1842771 A1 EP 1842771A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
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    • B63GOFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63GOFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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  • the present invention relates to a vessel of the type comprising a driving bridge with a direct view of the environment and an operational control room receiving real-time information on the environment of the ship.
  • Vessels in general, have walkways located in the superstructures that allow the officer in charge of the ship to see what is going on around the ship and make the necessary decisions for the conduct of the ship .
  • these vessels are military vessels, they also include an operational control room that receives real-time information on the environment of the ship in general, and in particular the tactical situation, and allows including the ship's weapon system, to make the necessary decisions and to issue the necessary orders.
  • the operational control room is installed inside the ship in a room that includes means for analyzing the environment of the ship.
  • the second disadvantage of this provision is that the means of analysis of the environment of the ship are limited to the means that can be embarked on the ship itself. These means are limited by the capacity of the ship and the nature and quantity of information available to it.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a ship architecture which allows the ship control officer team to have a more direct perception of the ship environment and which, if necessary, allows them to to have more complete information than that which the ship can dispose directly.
  • the subject of the invention is a vessel of the type comprising a driving bridge with a direct view of the environment of the ship, and an operational control room receiving real-time information on the situation of the ship's environment. , developed by means of analysis of the environment of the ship, characterized in that the operational control room comprises realistic panoramic viewing means of the environment of the ship.
  • the panoramic display means extend to the periphery of the operational control room and visualize in real time images of the environment of the ship corresponding at least to what the operators could see if they had a direct view of the environment .
  • the images of the environment viewed are developed from images including images provided by visible light viewing means.
  • the images viewed are developed from images including images provided by night vision means.
  • the images from which the images viewed are elaborated furthermore include artificial images developed from elements of analysis of the environment of the ship.
  • the ship is for military use and the objects identified are particularly aggressive objects.
  • It comprises vision means and / or detection means, and processing means for developing the images of the environment visualized in real time.
  • the display and / or detection means comprise at least one device taken from a visible light camera with or without a light amplifier, an infrared camera, a radar and a sonar.
  • the operational control room further comprises means for visualizing the situation of the environment of the ship developed by means of environmental analysis.
  • the means for visualizing the situation of the ship's environment include a three-dimensional holographic display bubble.
  • the display means may be adapted to create screen areas shared between several operators.
  • the ship is for military use and the environment situation of the ship is the tactical situation.
  • the operational control room has direct access to the ship's operating bridge.
  • the driving bridge allows a 360 ° direct view.
  • the operational control room and at least some environmental analysis means, if any, of said means are separated.
  • Environmental analysis means are located outside the ship and are in communication with the ship by telecommunication means.
  • Environmental analysis means are located on another ship or in a coordination position on the ground or in an aircraft.
  • the ship generally indicated by 1 in FIG. 1, comprises, in a manner known per se, a pipe bridge 2 with a direct view of the environment of the ship.
  • the direct view is obtained via portholes arranged on the front face of the bridge, as well as on the rear face, and possibly on the lateral sides of said bridge.
  • the bridge When the bridge has portholes or glass parts on all sides, it allows a 360 ° view of its environment.
  • the ship also has a room 3 for the operational conduct of its weapons system which is connected to means 4 for analyzing the environment of the ship.
  • means 4 of analysis of the environment of the ship consist of a number of equipment known in themselves computer analysis and visualization of information from sensors located at the upper part of the ship, including in the mast 5.
  • sensors are conventionally radar, electromagnetic detection means, optical detection means or any other detection means that can be equipped with a military ship, as well as telecommunication means receiving information transmitted by means external to the ship.
  • the operational control room 3 is located inside the driving bridge 2 and has direct accesses 5 which allow the operators to go directly from the operational control room to the driving bridge.
  • the driving bridge comprises a plurality of maneuvering stations which are on the one hand a direct driving position 6 located towards the front of the driving bridge, an aviation maneuvering station 7 oriented towards the rear of the ship, with a direct view on the maneuvering zone of possible onboard helicopters, and lateral maneuvering stations 8 located on both sides of the bridge.
  • the bridge also has a lounge 16 to allow the officers of the watch to rest. There is also provision for access to the mature 17 and technical cabinets 18 disposed on the periphery of the operational control room.
  • the operational control room 3 is a so-called virtual reality and / or augmented reality room, the walls of which consist of screens on which can be visualized by suitable and known means a realistic representation of the environment of the ship. These walls which, for example, can be lined with liquid crystal screens or plasma screens, constitute means 31 for panoramic viewing of the ship.
  • a platform control and monitoring station 9 and on the other hand, a table 10 comprising three stations arranged around a holographic visualization of the situation 11.
  • These three posts are, on the one hand, a supervisory position for protective and self-defense weapons, 12 a Superiority Weapons Supervision 13, and a checkpoint throughout the Operational Control Room.
  • This information includes images that can be seen from the ship's platform and that are provided by visible light viewing means. But these images can also be images provided by night vision means.
  • the means of vision in visible or nocturnal light, consist of cameras arranged at the periphery of the ship's bridge and / or possibly cameras disposed at the periphery of the super-structure of the ship.
  • the screens can be superimposed images from means for detecting objects located in the environment of the ship, and in particular objects on the move, such as other ships, such as aircraft, such as missiles, or even such as underwater objects, such as torpedoes.
  • images are developed from information provided by the ship detection means, and are shaped by image processing means and by means of environment analysis of the ship.
  • the images can be supplemented by displays of information that can be used by the operators to analyze the tactical situation. These information is for example information relating to the nature, speed or distance of the objects located around the ship.
  • the detection means are means known per se, which may be visible light cameras 35A possibly with light amplifiers and / or infrared cameras 35B allowing night vision arranged on the superstructures of the ship, 35C radars arranged in the mast 5, sonars 35D disposed on the hull, below the waterline. All these devices return information to computer analysis means in particular that develop real-time images representing on the one hand the images as they are visible and on the other hand the additional interpretation information mentioned above.
  • analysis means may represent only part of the means 4 for analyzing the environment mentioned above. They may eventually require the intervention of human operators to develop certain information.
  • the operational control room 3 allows direct access to the bridge, which has the advantage of allowing operators and officers who intervene in the operational control room to be able to intervene. also in the gateway depending on the circumstances.
  • the environmental analysis means 4 are separated and are located inside the ship in an area that is deeper in the ship's structure and is protected from the environment. This arrangement makes it possible to reduce the number of personnel that are necessary to ensure the conduct of the ship while maintaining the autonomy and independence of the means of environmental analysis.
  • the vessel 1 ' comprises a bridge 2', and an operational control room 3 ', which allows direct access to the conduit 2'.
  • the ship also has own detection and telecommunication means 5 '.
  • the ship is in communication by external telecommunication means 20, which are for example a satellite, with a tactical situation analysis station 21 which is, for example, located on the ground.
  • the Tactical Situation Analysis Station 21 may receive information from other vessels or other tactical surveillance means, such as surveillance aircraft, satellites, underwater listening equipment etc ..., and on the other hand can have very heavy means of formatting the analysis of the tactical situation.
  • the information that is made available to the operators in the tactical control room 3 ' is developed by means of analysis of the tactical situation 21 and is transmitted by means of telecommunication means, in particular the satellite 20 to the ship.
  • the need for means of analysis of the tactical situation onboard the ship are substantially reduced, on the other hand a group of ships operating in a grouped manner, for example a squadron, can receive consistent information. coming from a single means of analyzing the tactical situation.
  • the tactical analysis means are located in the ship or are located on land. But, these means can also be located in a subsidiary of a wing, or in a service ship whose function is a specialized function in the analysis of the tactical situation, or finally can be arranged in an aircraft that accompanies vessel.
  • the ships are a priori military ships and receive information relating to their environment which concerns on the one hand the nature, the position and the actions of the allied ships, and on the other hand the nature and position of enemy ships, as well as information on aggressive moving objects moving towards ships, such as missiles, planes or torpedoes.
  • the virtual reality and / or augmented reality means can be adapted to facilitate the piloting of vessels in congested areas such as ports or offshore intervention areas near other vessels or facilities such as oil platforms. These means can significantly improve safety conditions, especially when the visibility is very low due to fog, the presence of smoke, or because of the night.
  • a means of analyzing the tactical situation on the ground may, for example, be a means of monitoring an area of heavy traffic of merchant ships. This system can then send to each ship that circulates in the area information that can be viewed in a tactical control room and allows operators to drive the ship in better safety, especially when visibility is very reduced.
  • the operational control room equipped with means of panoramic visualization of the environment of the ship is distinct from the driving bridge and is separate or physically separate therefrom.
  • the operational control room does not have portholes or bay windows allowing a direct view of the environment.
  • the display means allow to have a realistic panoramic view of the environment through image display means such as screens. These means are adapted to allow the conduct of the ship in conditions of safety for navigation at least equal to those offered by the bridge.
  • These means can display means or information provided not only by cameras, but also by radars, infrared sensors, sonars, electronic cards etc.
  • the operational driving room according to the invention is intended not only to allow the ship to be driven without being in the driving bridge, but also to provide other management and ship management functions.
  • the operational control room is intended or may be intended for the operation of the ship's weapon system and for the management of the internal safety of the ship, in particular the management of the ship. fire safety.
  • the operational control room receives tactical information provided by means for detecting objects, particularly aggressive objects, as well as information developed by means of tactical analysis which can be either human operators or computers equipped with appropriate software.
  • tactical information provided by means for detecting objects, particularly aggressive objects, as well as information developed by means of tactical analysis which can be either human operators or computers equipped with appropriate software.
  • These means are known to those skilled in the art. In general, these means are located outside the operational control room. Nevertheless, some of these means may be located in the Operative Control Room, as appropriate.
  • the information received in the operational control room may include both information from means on the ship and information from means external to the ship.

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