Patent ID: 8634975
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G01S,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a sensor system configured to generate data about a vessel and an environment around the vessel, wherein the sensor system is configured to detect information about a position, a heading, a speed of the vessel, environmental conditions around the vessel, and information about an orientation, a rotation, and an acceleration of the vessel associated with the apparatus; a computer system connected to the sensor system, wherein the computer system is configured to receive the data from the sensor system, generate vessel information about the data, and send the vessel information to a remote location for performance analysis and preparation of instructions to the vessel regarding a change in a speed and a route; a satellite transceiver connected to the computer system, wherein the satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information to and receive other information from the remote location; an automatic identification system; and an analysis system configured to receive a first number of short data packets transmitted by the computer system, analyze the data collected from the sensor system, make a determination whether to update a reporting schedule, and, responsive to the determination, generate a second number of short data packets to update the reporting schedule; and wherein the satellite transceiver is configured to send the vessel information in short data packets, the short data packets configured for short data bursts over a satellite network, the satellite network comprising a low earth orbit satellite constellation, the low earth orbit satellite constellation comprising a number of satellites at a number of altitudes between approximately 160 and 2000 kilometers.