Patent ID: 7751977
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A system to automatically provide pilots of vessels in navigable portions of bodies of water with measures of existing environmental conditions near manmade structure proximate said navigable portions of bodies of water, comprising: at least one means for sensing at least one environmental condition proximate said manmade structure and for collecting data on said at least one environmental condition at pre-specified intervals; at least one first means for communicating in operable communication with at least said at least one means for sensing and collecting data; and at least one means for processing at least some of said data, said at least one means for processing in operable communication with at least said at least one first means for communicating, wherein said at least one means for processing comprises hardware and software; and at least one second means for communicating in operable communication with at least said at least one means for processing, wherein said at least one second means for communicating automatically provides said pilots of vessels with said measures of existing environmental conditions near said manmade structure proximate said navigable portions of bodies of water and updates thereto at pre-specified intervals.