Patent ID: 11897589
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 22:
23. The system of claim 1, configured to:
continuously ascertain position, speed and heading of the at least one lead vessel at continuing time posts that are subsequent to the first time, and determine at least a direction of subsequent Kelvin wake waves of the at least one lead vessel, wherein the subsequent Kelvin wake waves are generated by the at least one lead vessel at the subsequent times;
at the subsequent times, determine subsequent reduced wave-making resistance regions associated with the respective subsequent Kelvin wake waves generated by the lead vessel at the subsequent times;
at the subsequent times, determine subsequent one or more locations at which to position the at least one follower vessel in the determined subsequent reduced wave-making resistance regions;
continuously construct an at least one lead vessel track of the continuously ascertained positions as coordinated by the at least one lead vessel time posts; and continuously construct an at least one follower vessel track of the continuously determined positions for the follower vessel in the reduced wave-making resistance regions for reducing the wave-making resistance of the at least one follower vessel as coordinated by the at least one lead vessel time posts; and
output information associated with the determined at least one follower vessel track of the continuously determined positions for reducing the wave-making resistance of the at least one follower vessel as coordinated by the at least one lead vessel time posts, thereby reducing the wave-making resistance of the at least one follower vessel as the at least one follower vessel tracks the continuously determined region for reducing the wave-making resistance as coordinated by the at least one lead vessel time posts.