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Helm Order Monitor
Introducing Helm Order Monitor, the groundbreaking solution designed to address the critical issue of inadequate helm order monitoring between helmsmen and marine pilots or navigators.
Learn from history: major maritime disasters like the Costa Concordia and Exxon Valdez catastrophes were exacerbated by errors in helm order execution. These incidents underscore the urgent need for a solution that ensures accurate and reliable communication on the navigational bridge. Helm Order Monitor tackles this problem head-on, combining automatic speech recognition and ship sensor data to continuously validate helm commands in real time.
Our technology goes beyond monitoring helm orders. By incorporating speech emotion recognition, it detects elevated stress levels on the bridge, providing timely warnings to prevent unsafe conditions before they escalate. This proactive approach significantly reduces the risk of human error, a leading factor in maritime accidents.
The system’s versatility extends beyond onboard use; it also serves as a critical tool in nautical simulators, enhancing training for correct helm order execution.
Think of Helm Order Monitor as the ‘Lane Departure Warning’ system for maritime navigation – continuously safeguarding vessels and ensuring safer journeys at sea.
Aware Mate
Introducing Aware Mate, a state-of-the-art solution born from our mission to enhance maritime and inland waterways transportation safety through advanced video detection.
The problem at hand is clear: insufficient fatigue monitoring in bridge watchkeeping, a factor contributing to a significant number of maritime and inland waterways accidents. Estimates suggest that 25% of marine casualties are caused by fatigue. The International Maritime Organization’s research revealed that one in four seafarers admitted to falling asleep while on watch.
The existing solution, the Bridge Navigational Watch & Alarm System (BNWAS), introduced two decades ago, has its shortcomings. The dormant period, ranging from 3 to 12 minutes, allows for potential lapses in vigilance. Aware Mate steps in as the innovative solution, introducing fatigue cameras to bridge watchkeeping.
The intelligent face and eyeball tracking algorithm, paired with infrared technology, ensures accurate fatigue detection day or night. Aware Mate goes beyond traditional alarm systems by actively monitoring physiological indicators, providing real-time feedback and preemptive alerts before critical lapses occur.
Furthermore, Aware Mate can be seamlessly integrated into existing BNWAS setups, ensuring a smooth transition to a more robust and proactive safety protocol. This ensures safer seas and waterways, reducing the risk of human error-related incidents.
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From the press
Meet the startup making the world’s seas safer from Split, Croatia!
Helm Order Monitor is the first of its kind technological solution to the problem of insufficient monitoring of helm orders between helmsman and pilot or navigator onboard ships. We are fixing this problem with an electronic device that combines automatic speech recognition and data from the ship’s sensors.
Croatian start-up makes maritime sector safer with their Helm Order Monitor
ELNAV aims to make navigation at sea safer. I spent thirty years in the merchant marine. During that time, I noticed that there was still a lot to be gained when it came to safety at sea. That is why I founded Elnav, which is part of the ICT Županija ecosystem. Through Elnav, I developed the Helm Order Monitor. This is a system that prevents many of the human errors that occur in the manual steering of ships, thereby increasing safety levels during navigation.
Greater safety through better communication at sea – Automatic voice monitoring for the ship’s bridge
Many accidents at sea are due to errors in communication between seafarers. An automatic voice monitoring system for the ship’s bridge will ensure greater safety. With the speech recognition system and support from Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg, Germany, ELNAV, a start-up company based in Split, Croatia, is developing what it calls a »Helm Order Monitor«.
Digital Dalmatia: Helm Order Monitor
Brodovi većinom plove s uključenim automatskim pilotom, međutim za ulazak u luke i prolazak kroz uske kanale brod mora ići na ručno kormilarenje. Tada kormilom upravlja kormilar kojem pilot ili navigator izdaju naredbe za kormilarenje prema za to propisanim pravilima.
Helm Order Monitor (podn. prijava patenta) ili u prijevodu Monitor naredbi za kormilarenje je elektronički uređaj predviđen za upotrebu na zapovjedničkim mostovima brodova koji koristi funkciju prepoznavanja govora te prema za to predviđenim pravilima i primljenim podacima s brodskih senzora kontrolira jesu li izdane naredbe za kormilarenje razumljive, potvrđene i pravilno izvršene.
Helm Order Monitor je prvo tehnološko rješenje problema nedovoljnog nadzora naredbi za kormilarenje između kormilara i pilota ili navigatora. Trenutno ne postoji sustav koji se bavi tom problematikom, stoga će to biti nova tehnologija koja pridonosi povećanju sigurnosti pomorskog prometa.
Ako bi traĹľili analogiju s cestovnim prometom, Helm Order Monitor je sliÄŤan nadzoru izlaska vozila iz vozne trake (LDWS).
Human error accounts for 75% of marine liability losses
While huge strides continue to be made in improving marine safety, human error remains, by far, the most important factor in marine liability claims and losses, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) in its Global Claims Review: Liability in Focus.
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