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Description
Oculi Mare is a start up company operating under Computer Programming Activities. It was founded with the idea of using computer vision and artificial intelligence technologies in the outdoor surveillance and management, and this particular project focuses on AI technologies and outdoor surveillance of berths and anchorages.
Research conducted by OCULI MARE, and its Partner IRI has showed that currently available solutions have limited performances and limited usability in harsh weather conditions. The product that partners will develop aims at providing solution specifically targeted for harsh environment, that will also increase maritime safety.
The concept that partners are developing combines mechanical-gravitational sensors and optical sensors for detection of events like: vessel entry and vessel departure, mooring taken, anchor rope broken, high rope tension level, etc. Main system applications are berth monitoring in anchorages and marinas and monitoring of safety ropes in aquaculture.
Project addresses technical problems like high volume production design, easy and simple mounting, system reliability in different climate environment and business problems in the field of monitoring system usability, production organization, limited capacities for worldwide distribution etc.
The big advantage of this solution is that the system does not require installation of additional equipment in vessels. Furthermore, the electronic circuits needed to collect photos are easy to set up and will function autonomously with their own power supplies. The system will be able to detect any type of object on the sea surface no matter what material it is made of.
Summary of project results
Research conducted by OCULI MARE, and its Partner IRI has showed that solutions available on the market when it comes to monitoring of entrance and exiting of vessels to and from the marinas, harbor and ports have limited performances and limited usability in harsh weather conditions. They realized that the product aiming to provide solution specifically targeted for harsh environment, to increase the maritime safety is lacking, and that the market would benefit from such a solution.
The partners have jointly developed a solution named Marine Eye, which is the output of the project. Marine Eye combines mechanical-gravitational sensors and optical sensors for detection of events like: vessel entry and vessel departure, mooring taken, anchor rope broken, high rope tension level, etc. Main system applications are berth monitoring in anchorages and marinas and monitoring of safety ropes in aquaculture.
Project addressed technical problems like high volume production design, easy and simple mounting, system reliability in different climate environment and business problems in the field of monitoring system usability, production organization, limited capacities for worldwide distribution etc.
The system does not require installation of additional equipment in vessels, and this is its big advantage. Furthermore, the electronic circuits needed to collect photos are easy to set up and function autonomously with their own power supplies. The system is also able to detect any type of object on the sea surface no matter what material it is made of.
The entities benefiting from this solution are mainly the marinas, harbors and ports, where this solution will be installed. However, all vessels entering and exiting the ports and harbors will also benefit from this solution, as it will increase the safety, that is, it will reduce the risk of an accident, especially during the harsh environments which are now becoming more common. In broader sense, specific destinations with the marinas and similar infrastructure will also benefit from the solution, as it will increase the safety in general, and as such, the attractiveness of specific destination.