Patent ID: 9183711
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G08B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A maritime anti-piracy system, for recognition of suspect watercrafts around one or more co-operating ships to be protected, comprising: a shore-based control system, comprising: the shore-based control system comprising a bi-directional communication network between said one or more centres and said central station, in such a way that said central station is able to send commands to said shore-based sensors; a communication system between said one or more centres and said one or more co-operating ships to be protected, the maritime anti-piracy system further comprising: one or more devices, mounted on board of said one or more co-operating ships to be protected, for maritime surveillance data extraction from maritime surveillance sensors, which are mounted on board of said one or more co-operating ships to be protected and are suitable to watch over a space around said one or more co-operating ships, said one or more devices for data extraction being suitable to send said maritime surveillance data to at least one of said one or more centres through said communication system; an identification and authentication system of said one or more co-operating ships to be protected, which functions through said communication system and is shared among said one or more centres and each of said one or more co-operating ships to be protected, said central station elaborating the data coming from said one or more centres, and therefore also from said one or more co-operating ships to be protected, and launching relevant alarms in case of recognition of the suspect watercraft.