Patent ID: 11955011
Assignee: CASHMAN DREDGING AND MARINE CONTRACTING, CO., LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A method of using a docking system comprising:
providing a docking system including:
a platform,
a vessel,
an optical distance measuring means configured to determine a location and a position of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel,
wherein the optical distance measuring means is configured to cooperate with the vessel display unit to provide a trajectory of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel,
wherein the trajectory includes a location, a position, a heading, and a rate of speed, and wherein the optical distance measuring means includes a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) module configured to determine a position and a location of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel, and
wherein the optical distance measuring means includes a plurality of LiDAR modules disposed on the platform,

a vessel display unit configured to display the position, and
a control means configured to adjust a location of the vessel;

acquiring, by the optical distance measuring means, the location and the position of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel;
displaying, by the vessel display unit, the location and the position of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel; and
adjusting, by the control means, at least one of the location and the position of one of the platform and the vessel relative to the other of the platform and the vessel.