Intelligent Ship-bridge Anti-collision Surveillance System

Bridge’s ‘black box’ and active multi-level collision prevention

This system functions as a ‘black box’ of the bridge to provide a full record of ship activities near the bridge area and impact to the bridge structure. Incorporating Automatic Identification System (AIS) and smart vision-based monitoring technology into the security of bridge, this system can actively monitor marine traffic, evaluate the route of ship movements and send out warning signals to the ships likely to collide with the bridge. Novel piezoelectric sensors are embedded in the bridge as well to build up a new method for impact force monitoring and damage evaluation of collision.

Special Features and Advantages

Actively monitor and warn ships in the bridge area
Enable immediate alert and evacuation in case of collision
Provide a full record and risk assessment of collision
Build up a new method for impact force monitoring and evaluation with application of piezoelectric sensors array
Much more cost-effective and efficient than equipping hi-tech navigations on every single ship

Applications

The system can be implemented in sea-crossing and river-crossing bridges to actively prevent ship-collision-to-bridge
The data collected can be used for impact evaluation, risk assessment, emergent arrangement and bridge rehabilitation

Awards

Creation Award – The 15th China International Industry Fair, Shanghai (November 2013)
Gold Medal – 41st International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland (April 2013)
Prize of L’AGEPI - Special Prize of State Agency for Intellectual Property, Republic of Moldova (April 2013)

Principal Investigator

Prof. Yiqing Ni

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Intelligent Ship-bridge Anti-collision Surveillance System

Bridge’s ‘black box’ and active multi-level collision prevention