A Microcomputer Based Shipboard Surface-Subsurface Contact Plotter System.

Abstract

Today, in most shipboard Combat Information Centers, true mption plots of own ship's motion and or surface/subsurface contacts are provided with the aid of electromechanical devices like the dead-reckoning tracer ('DRT') or the NC-2 plotter. These devices suffer a variety of drawbacks, such as inflexibility and the need to 'track' the light-spots manually. This thesis has developed a flexible, labor-saving, true-motion plotter using contemporary microcomputer and plasma display technologies. An automatic display of contact data, analogous to the plexiglass 'surface status board' is also provided. Contact course, speed and CPA information are computed automatically and, unlike the DRT or the NC-2 plotter, both the geographic and tabular displays can be easily duplicated on the bridge and elsewhere. ( UTHOR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059603

Entities

People

  • Antonio Luiz Soares Goncalves
  • Javier Enrique De La Cuba Bravo

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capillary Electrophoresis
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Dermatologic Agents
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Law
  • Longitude
  • Operating Systems
  • Rdx
  • Tensile Strength
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems