ABSTRACT
Google glasses and optical see-through HMD’s camera module can be assembled where close with transparent display panel, but the module of transparent window device where is in navigational bridge room have to install at out of the bridge room because obstacles have to be minimized such as mast or window frames in the room. Moreover the image area which is captured from camera is different with the image which is seen from
1 INTRODUCTION
While the various electronic devices for seanavigation were installed, marine accidents have been reported that it still caused by human errors like as missing obstacles, wrong decisions, and so on. For example, a study of 6,091 accident claims over $100,000 concerning all cases of commercial ships, conducted by the UK P&I club over a period of 15 years, reported that about 62% of the claims were attributes to human error (UK P&I Club, 2003) and also human error known that is contributes directly or indirectly to 89%∼96% of ship collisions (Bryant D.T., 1991). And also ATSB (Australian Transportation Safety Bureau), MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Board) and TSB (Transportation Safety Board of Canada) are significantly including human errors into accident causes. Navigator always looks down and analyzes the graphic chart and text data which is displayed on ECDIS/RADAR, and then compares it with outside view from the navigation bridge window to secure a safe route. During this ‘head down’ posture, it can be caused dangerous circumstances such as collision or missing other traffic ships. This study started with the above reason and we have presented the visualization methodology which is based on augmented reality technology in advance. In this paper, we try to utilize transparent window device to make up for the disadvantage of LCD
transparent window device, because of differentiation of FOV (Field Of View) (Hill, et al., 2011).
