Patent ID: 8674854
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A maritime traffic control apparatus, comprising: a navigation route database (DB) configured to store a plurality of preferred navigation routes between a starting point and a destination for a specific combination of a navigator and a maritime vehicle for a plurality of different navigational situations, wherein the preferred navigation routes are determined based on navigation routes traveled by the specific combination of the navigator and the maritime vehicle over a plurality of months; a vehicle situation information collection unit configured to collect current navigational situation information of the maritime vehicle; a preferred route extraction unit configured to extract one of the plurality of preferred navigation routes for the specific combination of the navigator and the maritime vehicle for a navigational situation, wherein the preferred route extraction unit is configured to analyze the degree of correlation between the navigational situation and the plurality of preferred navigation routes and to extract a preferred navigation route based on the analysis and a meteorological condition information; a predicted route estimation unit configured to estimate a predicted navigation route of the maritime vehicle based on an extracted preferred navigation route with reference to a travel direction, a travel speed, or a travel pattern of the maritime vehicle; and a current information analysis unit for storing navigation routes of the maritime vehicle for respective navigational situations in the navigation route DB, based on the current navigational situation information collected by the vehicle situation information collection unit.