ROUTE-PLANNING INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

The route planning and evaluation system (100) includes a host object (102) location device (200) operable to provide the location of a host object (102) over the passage of time, and a sensor (202), operable to sense objects (110) and data from an environment (108) proximate to the host object (102). A computer (208) is coupled to the location device (200), the sensor device (202), a chart library (204) and a display (206). The computer includes (208) a route generator (210) to generate a predicted route (130) of at least one sensed object (112). The route generator (210) also generates a planned route (120) of the host object (102). The planned and predicted routes (120, 130) are displayed upon the display (206). In response to a predicted proximate convergence (302) of the host object (102) and at least one sensed object (110), the convergence signaled to the operator.