Technological development of an automatic man-overboard tracking system for use while sailing boat and cruising yacht.
■Course of development of the automatic man-overboard tracking system for use while sailing boat and cruising yacht.
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 I as the developer am well aware of how frightening the seas can be since I live near the sea, have been riding motorboats since I was a child and have witnessed ships in distress due to typhoons or other storms out on the open ocean while out boating.
It would be no exaggeration to say that, if you were to fall overboard while traversing the open ocean, you would think that your life would end there without ever being rescued.
After all, the conditions that prevail when people fall overboard include high speed cruising and rough seas.
Racking my brain to find some solution to this problem and narrowing down potential countermeasures, I realized that you could be rescued if you happened to fall overboard, even if your boat were unmanned, if the boat were to change direction and approach you through automatic operation.
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I have promoted the development of this remarkable system and am calling upon investors who have an interest in this technology and system to, by all means, provide an investment for development or undertake joint development. I have flexible stance toward contracts and would be willing to examine various methods, such as, for example, accepting technological development as subcontractor and then turning over everything to investors after the completion of design and manufacturing, partial joint development, production only as developer, joint management of manufacturing and sales or other method.
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■Description of the development of technology for the man-overboard tracking system for use while sailing boat and cruising yacht
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I as the developer am well aware of how frightening the seas can be since I live near the sea, have been riding motorboats since I was a child and have witnessed ships in distress due to typhoons or other storms out on the open ocean while out boating.
It would be no exaggeration to say that, if you were to fall overboard while traversing the open ocean, you would think that your life would end there without ever being rescued.
After all, the conditions that prevail when people fall overboard include high speed cruising and rough seas.
Racking my brain to find some solution to this problem and narrowing down potential countermeasures, I realized that you could be rescued if you happened to fall overboard, even if your boat were unmanned, if the boat were to change direction and approach you through automatic operation.
As the means for resolving this difficult problem, I developed sensors for the various actions required for yacht automation and have scrutinized everything from self-control of winches to the development of wireless devices while taking advantage of past experience in the development of various sensors and automatic devices in industry as my main business field as well as experiences in traversing back and forth between Tokyo and Osaka by yacht on many occasions in the past with the cooperation of President Monda of 135 East Co. Ltd.The technologies applied in military use are included.
The present design allows conventional manual operation without relying on automation. Though I think that there are of course various positive and negative thoughts regarding vessel automation, there are also many people who would like to be able to set their yacht on automatic control during the voyage with ease of mind knowing full well that they are prepared for man-overboard rescues in the event that the need arises.
This also enables crew-less ocean voyages by affluent luxury-seeking families or just two people alone.
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■Rescue method
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If someone were to fall overboard, the remote control switch would be automatically (or manually) activated 24 hours a day whatever the situation while cruising and, even if the yacht were unmanned, it would switch over to automatic operation.
When under automatic operation, the yacht itself, while searching for the proper direction, would detect the direction of the wind and the distance to the person and, if judged to be near, it would determine the wind and vessel direction and automatically lower the sails. If the direction would different, however, the sails would be lowered after luffing. It would then track the person through the automatic operation of the engine.
It would also be possible for the overboard person to operate the engine and rudder by remote control (the remote control function would require the development of sophisticated technology).
Even if the vessel is unmanned, the person would be able to control the vessel and climb aboard as it approaches.
It is designed to be able to cover an area of 50 square kilometers as the tracking distance to the overboard person.
The details will become evident as the project progresses.
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| ■Joint development |
I have promoted the development of this remarkable system and am calling upon investors who have an interest in this technology and system to, by all means, provide an investment for development or undertake joint development.
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About system｜Man-overboard rescue method｜Joint development｜Investors｜Company profile｜Inquiries｜Other development projects
| Investors |
■For investors
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I have flexible stance toward contracts and would be willing to examine various methods, such as, for example, accepting technological development as subcontractor and then turning over everything to investors after the completion of design and manufacturing, partial joint development, production only as developer, joint management of manufacturing and sales or other method.
Under the present development plan, there would be a need for sufficient expenses to cover the cost of a 40-50 foot yacht, development materials and so forth. I think that a yacht owned by an investor would provide adequate leeway.
I assume a broad area for rescue tracking possibly in the range of 50 square kilometers.
In regard to the manufacturing and marketing regions after completion, I think that wealthy yacht-owning families in Europe, U.S. and other Asian countries, rather than Japan, would be the most suitable targets as customers.
Since falling overboard is an accident that is more likely to occur while cruising with open sails, the automatic tracking system would be capable of automated jibing and tacking in all wind directions and, since tracking is automated, it could as a result be said that the full automation of the cruising yacht has been achieved.
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■Company profile
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Company founder and developer: Shigemi Yamazaki
AYA Engineering Co., Ltd.
3-28-8-934 Yaguchi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146-0093
Tel: 03-5482-0265, fax: 03-3756-1795
If you do not use Japanese,please contact our company through E-mail. We will answer you through E-mail.
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■For reference purposes, the following are a few of literally hundreds of projects from the record of performance of the developer (Shigemi Yamazaki)
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| 1982: |
Infrared thermometer pistol with standard spotlight (developed as an industrial detection sensor but it is also being used for the detection of avian influenza); first in Japan
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| 1983: |
Infrared emission sensor that detects abnormal overheating of all Shinkansen disc brakes during operation; first in Japan
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| 1984: |
System for gauging super high temperatures in nuclear reactors first in Japan
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| 1984: |
System for managing systems for directly monitoring the temperature of IC substrate silicon wafers during vacuum deposition in vacuum tanks using fiber optic cable (this is the forerunner of inventions that enable commercial production of industrial rice grains (ICs) while maintaining quality); first in the world
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| 1985: |
System for the remote management of Nippon Steel blast furnace temperatures using fiber optic cable; first in Japan
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| 1987: |
Sensor capable of precisely detecting plane surface displacement using a small simple device; world's first
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| 1990: |
Acquisition of patents for an omnidirectional inclinometer in countries around the world; first in the world
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| 1992: |
3D displacement sensor (system for the automatic detection of base rock or structure displacement); first in Japan
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| 1994: |
3D robotic measurement sensor for hole distortion (inside pipes); first in Japan
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| 1995: |
We developed image process measuring device in collaboration with Shimizu Corporation which is one of biggest general constraction company in Japan. |
| 2002: |
System for automatic man-overboard tracking for yachts (including sensors and devices)
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| 2003: |
Full automation of cruising yachts (including sensors required for automation)
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About system｜Man-overboard rescue method｜Joint development｜Investors｜Company profile｜Inquiries｜Other development projects
| Inquiries |
■Company profile
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Company founder and developer: Shigemi Yamazaki
AYA Engineering Co., Ltd.
3-28-8-934 Yaguchi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146-0093
Tel: 03-5482-0265, fax: 03-3756-1795
If you do not use Japanese,please contact our company through E-mail.
We will answer you through E-mail.
Contact Us>> |
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