Abstract: The invention relates to a system for identifying at least one object at least partially immerged in a water area, said system comprising a capturing module comprising at least one camera, said at least one camera being configured to generate at least one sequence of images of said water area, and a processing module being configured to receive at least one sequence of images from said at least one camera and comprising at least one artificial neural network, said at least one artificial neural network being configured to detect at least one object in said at least one received sequence of images, extract a set of features from said at least one detected object, compare said extracted set of features with at least one predetermined set of features associated with a predefined object, identify the at least one detected object when the extracted set of features matches with the at least one predetermined set of features.

Abstract: The invention relates to a management module for a sailing boat, said sailing boat comprising a wind angle sensor configured to measure the wind angle value of the boat indicating the angle between the wind direction and the sailing direction of the sailing boat, said wind angle value being comprised between ?180° and +180°, and an autopilot module configured to receive control commands and to control the trajectory of said sailing boat using said control commands, said management module being configured to receive the wind angle value from said wind angle sensor, generate a control command to control the wind angle of the boat between a first angle threshold and a second angle threshold wherein said first angle threshold and said second angle threshold are greater than or equal to 0° and smaller than or equal to +180° when the wind angle value is between 0° and +180° and greater than or equal to ?180° and smaller than or equal to 0° when the wind angle value is between ?180° and 0°, and send said generated c

Abstract: A method of detecting a risk of collision between a boat and an object in a water area using a camera module mounted on said boat, said camera module having a RGB camera, said boat being characterized by its course, said method having the steps of generating at least one sequence of images using said camera, detecting at least one light source in the images of the at least one sequence of images, said at least one light source being mounted on a luminous object located in the water area, calculating a series of polar angles between the boat and the at least one light source using the images of the at least one sequence of images, estimating the course direction of the object with regard to the boat by deriving said series of calculated polar angles with respect to time, detecting a risk of collision between the boat and the object when the estimated course direction of the object leads said object towards the course of the boat.

Abstract: The invention relates to a management module for a sailing boat, said sailing boat comprising a wind angle sensor configured to measure the wind angle value of the boat indicating the angle between the wind direction and the sailing direction of the sailing boat, said wind angle value being comprised between ?180° and +180°, and an autopilot module configured to receive control commands and to control the trajectory of said sailing boat using said control commands, said management module being configured to receive the wind angle value from said wind angle sensor, generate a control command to control the wind angle of the boat between a first angle threshold and a second angle threshold wherein said first angle threshold and said second angle threshold are greater than or equal to 0° and smaller than or equal to +180° when the wind angle value is between 0° and +180° and greater than or equal to ?180° and smaller than or equal to 0° when the wind angle value is between ?180° and 0°, and send said generated c

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining the distance between a boat and at least one object at least partially immerged in a water area, said system comprising a capturing module, configured to be mounted on said boat, for example on a mast, said capturing module comprising at least one camera, said at least one camera being configured to generate at least one sequence of images of said water area, and a processing module, configured to be embedded onboard said boat, said processing module being configured to receive the at least one sequence of images from said at least one camera, to detect at least one object in said at least one received sequence of images and to determine the distance between the boat and the at least one detected object using the received sequence of images.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for identifying at least one object at least partially immerged in a water area, said system comprising a capturing module comprising at least one camera, said at least one camera being configured to generate at least one sequence of images of said water area, and a processing module being configured to receive at least one sequence of images from said at least one camera and comprising at least one artificial neural network, said at least one artificial neural network being configured to detect at least one object in said at least one received sequence of images, extract a set of features from said at least one detected object, compare said extracted set of features with at least one predetermined set of features associated with a predefined object, identify the at least one detected object when the extracted set of features matches with the at least one predetermined set of features.

Abstract: A method is described for classifying a clutch unit for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the clutch unit has at least one friction clutch for the controllable transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element and has an actuator for actuating the friction clutch. Here, the clutch unit is controlled on the basis of a predefined characteristic curve which describes a predefined dependency of the clutch torque to be transmitted on an actuator control variable.

Abstract: A method is described for classifying a clutch unit for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the clutch unit has at least one friction clutch for the controllable transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element and has an actuator for actuating the friction clutch. Here, the clutch unit is controlled on the basis of a predefined characteristic curve which describes a predefined dependency of the clutch torque to be transmitted on an actuator control variable.