System and method for supporting an operator for navigation

Sebastiani L., Di Summa Maria, Viganò G. P., Sacco M., Cassarà P, Gotta A., Figari M., Martelli M., Zaccone R.

Augmented Reality  Simulation  COmmunication  Decision Support System 

A system (100) for supporting an operator for navigation, comprising: a main shipboard control unit (101); a plurality of sources of information (102) representative of a ship, the plurality of sources of information (102) being operatively connected to the main shipboard control unit (101); at least one user interface (102) operatively connected to the main shipboard control unit (101). The main shipboard control unit (101) comprises: a navigation simulation module (104) configured to determine, based on the information provided by the plurality of sources of information (102), information representative of a simulated anti-collision route of the ship, the navigation simulation module (104) further being configured to determine, based on the information provided by the plurality of sources of information (102), information representative of the status of the ship, the navigation simulation 15 module (104) further being configured to generate a message comprising the information representative of a simulated anti-collision route of the ship and information representative of the status of the ship, said navigation simulation module (104) being configured to provide such message on a data 20 25 30 communication channel; a message routing module (107) operatively connected to the navigation simulation module (104), the message routing module (107) being configured to send such message provided on the data communication channel from the navigation simulation module (104) to a set plurality of recipients interested in receiving messages provided on the data communication channel. The at least one user interface (103) being configured as a recipient interested in receiving a message provided on the data communication channel by the navigation simulation module (104), the at least one user interface (103) being further configured to display a processing of such message overlapping or substituting the real navigation scenario visible by a shipboard bridge operator (OP).