Contact: Heejin Choi
Email: hjchoi2@etri.re.kr
Phone: +82. 42. 860. 4946
Next generation marine traffic
control technology for rapid
situation awareness
(ETRI VORA SYSTEM)
Next generation marine traffic control system
for marine safety
VORA : VTS System for Operator’s
Rapid Situation Awareness
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TECHNOLOGY BRIEF
▣ Technology Overview
Next generation marine traffic control technology for rapid situation
awareness
Gather radar, AIS, and CCTV information and use multi-sensor fused processing to
upgrade location tracking to cope with international environmental changes such
as e-Navigation. Effectively control the marine traffic by fully understanding the s
ea conditions through decision making and sharing information to VTS center bas
ed on sea condition information gathered. Next generation VTS system will prese
rve a safe sea and green marine environment logistics.
* VTS: Vessel Traffic Service
VTS radar tracking fusion technology, marine condition
recognition technology, control decision making technology
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□ Keywords
□ TRL
▣ Technology Structure
Col ect videos
Collect information on maritime conditions
Collect AIS based maritime
transportation information
Efficient
VTS radar
Radar video
extraction/tracking
system
CCTV
Auxiliary
sensor web
Other sensor GW
AIS cost
base station
Collecting AIS
information
Technology Classification Code
Sector
Sub Sector
Industry
Information protection
Physical / Fusion security
Control / Air-Shipbuilding security
Radar-based maritime
transportation information col ection
CCTV video GW
AIS device
Class A/B
Multi-sensor fusion
Manage control
information
Link systems
VTS management
system
Support
navigation
Assist controllers and
advance controlling
mechanisms
Multi-radar/AIS
sensor information
col aboration
Record/play
control
information
Link with
other VTS
Management system
Real-time information
based navigation
supporting systems
Analyze/statistics
of control
information
Link
information
systems
Decision-making
support system
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TECHNOLOGY BRIEF
• Gather/process sea traffic information based on radar and AIS. Display based o
n electronic chart.
• Navigation support service and display sea conditions/video information based
on seas conditions information.
• Save/play sea traffic information and control information, and analyze statistics.
• Control dangerous ships, and support intel igent decision making for expected
multiple ship col isions
• Share sea traffic information and link ship information system
▣ Technology Description
▣ Application Fields
Next generation marine traffic control technology for rapid situation
awareness
▶ Sea traffic control service system for coasts and harbors
▶ Applications using e-Navigation system
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▶ Outstanding Features
• Electronic chart based radar video display and user symbol edit/display function
• Radar/AIS target information display, search and manage target list function
• Alert setting and display function, play / track data display function
• Personalized control er setting function
• Radar signal processing function such as reduce noise, remove sea clutter, mask a
rea and extract check
• Correct radar error and track target (acquire target, boundary area, AIS and hand
over tracking) function
• Save / play control information (radar video, target information, and alert informa
tion)
• Manage sea traffic database and provide area tracking information
• Provide sensor information such as VHF/DF, forecast sensor, and SCADA
• Save VHF voice
• Provide ASM service based on IMO Circ. 289
• Exchange target information among VTS centers using IVEF
• CCTV oriented and target tracking function
• CCTV video and ship information matching function
▶ Excellence compared to competitive / substitute technology
• Quick response design / implementation technology for tracking
• Screen design / implementation technology for control center
▣ Competitiveness of Technology
▣ IPR Status
No.
Country
Application Number
(date)
Status
Title
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US
12/940385
registered Control service considering GPS jams
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US
13/030328
registered
Control using recorded route
information of ship body/operator
3
US
13/309763
registered
Information exchange control
technology using predictions
4
US
13/451405
registered
priority control target selecting
device and its control technology
A marine control technology that has a high-speed recognition ability and sea
environment protection ability of the sea such as high-speed tracking service
within 5 seconds from the controller's request.
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• There are e-Navigation developing
companies, but integrated system
has not been developed in Korea.
For commercialized VTS radar, IMO
recommendations of conditions of
distance and bearing resolution
needs to be adapted, but there are
no development in Korea.
• Kongsberg Norcontrol IT (Norway)
has developed VTMIS product and
has commercialized the world-wide
control center. The company has
released many product series that
supports marine traffic operation
and management, and is developing
various technology such as
frequency diversity technology and
improved tracking efficiency.
• SIGNALIS (France) has developed
and commercialized STYRIS VTS.
The company has developed
expansion technology for various
external sensors and video tracking
technology using video combination.
• US has promoted the development
of border control technology and
safety technology for its national
security. EU and Japan is developing
marine traffic control system using
domestic technology and for early
market occupation.
□ Korea
□ Global
▣ Technology Trend
Ships are provided a wide range of information from increased operational
experience of VTS and development of IT. Enhance marine safety as well as
affect passage efficiency, security, and logistics through active control. And
extend VTS functions centered around Europe.
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EU has promoted the development of next generation technology that supports
marine traffic through FP program. Integrated information service form is
provided through safe and efficient processing information. The information is
gathered from dynamic and static information of ship, sea weather, terrain, and
environment using multiple projects that connect real implementations of e-
Navigation in 2012-2020.
•
ETRI has researched danger management based technology such as tracking
technology using radar video on electronic chart and technology that provides
algorithm of col ision risk and col ision avoidance of multiple ships. High-speed
tracking module was used to develop marine traffic control system.
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기술수요
적용처
Application
Industry
• VTS companies are leading the world market centered in Europe. Recently, 28
institutes and companies in EU are participating and actively working hard to
become the leader in the future e-Navigation market shares.
• There are many problems for foreign adaptations of current Korean marine traffic
control system due to long-term controller requests and technological complexity.
Equipment development such as e-Navigation, which has direct correlations with
VTS, is actively being propel ed. VTS system has been developing for 7 years and
is in testing mode. The performance is higher or similar to other systems.
• US and Europe have the biggest markets, and national security preventing terror
surveil ance, smuggling, and coastal surveil ance are very important issues for
these countries. US and Europe market are expected to have a higher growth rate
than the world market, and 20% increase in China, India, and Southeast Asia
market is expected.
• If e-Navigation is produced, VTS system wil be the land station for e-Navigation.
Therefore, the VTS system will be additional y needed as a main land station, and
between 2010 and 2020, an accumulation of 30 trillion won wil be expected as
the market size (u-VTS technology development and marine wireless
communication infrastructure construction project planning research final report,
2009.08)
VTS operation
department: Ministry of
Public Safety and Security
and Ministry of Oceans
and Fisheries
VTS companies:
shipbuilding IT related
system developing
companies
▶ GMT
• Developed VPASS that is instal ed
on ship. And is developing AIS
based marine surveil ance system.
▶ GCSC
• Imports Norway product and uses
in control center operations.
• Started researching VTS, its main
business, for localization.
Is
developing radar tracking system
(VTS) with similar performance
conditions.
▣ Market Trend
□ Market Leaders
□ Technology Demand
US, Japan, and countries in Europe are very interested in VTS system and
related technologies are being developed and there are more
commercialization of these products.
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▶ Applications
• VTS, radar signal processing / tracking system for VTS, sailing equipment
▶ Effects
• Marine traffic control market has a long history than other industries. The
market has a huge technology gap and high market size polarization between
the developed and developing countries, but future information sharing wil
quickly occur through developing countries such as poor Asian countries and
market growth rate is expected to be very high.
• US and Europe have the biggest markets, and national security preventing terror
surveil ance, smuggling, and coastal surveil ance are very important issues for
these countries. US and Europe market are expected to have a higher growth
rate than the world market, and 20% increase in China, India, and Southeast Asia
market is expected.
• In the next 10 years, if ships applicable for international agreement build e-
Navigation, the expected cost of the market considering al side-effects is about
145 tril ion won. Electrical, IT, and S/W related industries wil grow as a side-
effect of E-navigation built on ship and land.
▣ Applications and Effects
▣ Scope of Technology Transfer
- Integrated VTS technology
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Technology Transfer details
- VTS system technology and related documents
- Technology related documents like radar based tracking technology
- VTS system source code like radar video extraction and tracking system
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Technology Transfer range
