Patents by Inventor CHING-CHIN TU

CHING-CHIN TU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11307589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel navigation system and navigation method thereof, the method includes: (a) driving a vessel to sail along a sailing path including at least two nodes, the at least two nodes include a first node and a second node connected by a first line segment; (b) generating a first tracking point on the first line segment when a distance between the vessel and the first node being less than a first length, and driving the vessel to sail according to the first tracking point; (c) generating a second tracking point on the first line segment when a distance between the vessel and the first tracking point being less than the first length, and driving the vessel to sail according to the second tracking point; and then completing the navigation of the sailing path by repeating the step (b) and step (c) until the vessel passes through each node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHIP AND OCEAN INDUSTRIES R&D CENTER
    Inventors: Feng-Yeang Chung, Ching-Chin Tu, Chun-Han Chu, Min-Hsiang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200310434
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a vessel navigation system and method, including: (a) driving a vessel to sail along a sailing path including at least two nodes, the at least two nodes include a first node and a second node connected by a first line segment; (b) generating a first tracking point on the first line segment when a distance between the vessel and the first node being less than a first length, and driving the vessel to sail according to the first tracking point; (c) generating a second tracking point on the first line segment when a distance between the vessel and the first tracking point being less than the first length, and driving the vessel to sail according to the second tracking point; and (d) repeating the step (b) and step (c) until the vessel passes through each node. Thereby, the vessel completes the navigation of the sailing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: FENG-YEANG CHUNG, CHING-CHIN TU, CHUN-HAN CHU, MIN-HSIANG HSU