SHIP FUTURE STATE PREDICTION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: control of movable objects, in particular, ship stabilization at disturbances. SUBSTANCE: device has trim angle, angular rate, ship motion speed pick-offs, memory unit, computer, displays, set unit, comparators, prediction time interval set-point device, external action unit, action control unit, operation program unit. EFFECT: enhanced safety of ship motion control at periodically repeating strong distributing influences, whose value and time of application are known beforehand, as well as the character of the future control action is known beforehand. 1 dwg