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.1ClearCruise™features
ClearCruise™featuresaredesignedforenhancingsituationalawarenessandaidingnavigation.
ClearCruise™technologyprovides2separatefeatures,whicharedescribedinmoredetailthroughout
thischapter:
•ObjectDetection(VideoAnalytics)
•AugmentedReality(AR)
ObjectDetection
ObjectDetection(VideoAnalytics)isafeatureavailableforM100
,M200,andM300Series
thermalcameras.Intelligentthermalanalyticstechnologyprovidesaudibleandvisualalertswhen
“non-water”objectsareidentifiedinthescene.Vessels,obstacles,andnavigationmarkerscanallbe
automaticallyidentifiedbythecamerawithouttheneedforChartorRadardata.
RequiredcomponentsforObjectDetection
•MFD:Axiom/AxiomPro/AxiomXL,oreSSeries/gSSeriesrunningLightHouse3.
•ThermalCamera(M100,M200,orM300Series),runningthelatestavailablesoftwareversion.
•LightHouse™software(v3.0orlater)
Note:Visitwww .raymarine.com/softwaretodownloadthelatestsoftwareforyourMFDandcamera.
Note:W eatherconditionscancausethetarget'stemperature,luminance,contrastorchrominance
tobebelowadetectablerangeinrelationtothebackgroundimage.Therefore,theeffectiveness
oftheClearCruiseObjectDetection(VideoAnalytics)featurefordistinguishingtargetsand
non-targetsisdependentonoptimalsceneconditions.Itisrecommended:
•Thevisibleimageisadjustedtocontaingoodcolor,brightnessandcontrast;
•Accuracycanbeimprovedbyexcludingirrelevantregionssuchassunglare.
A ugmentedReality
The AugmentedRealityfeatureplaceslayersofdigitalinformationdirectlyoverthetopoftheVideo
app’svideofeed.DatafromtheChartappisusedtogenerateinformativetextandimages(flags)
ontheVideoapp.Whencalibratedcorrectly,ClearCruise™AugmentedRealityaccuratelyoverlays
automatically-updatingflagsontheVideoappsotheyoverlapreal-lifeobjects.
RequiredcomponentsforAugmentedReality(IPcameras)
•MFD(Axiom,AxiomProorAxiomXL)
•AR200AugmentedRealitySensor
•IPcamera(CAM210IPorCAM220IP)
•LightHouse™software(v3.7orlater)
RequiredcomponentsforAugmentedReality(M-Seriescameras)
•MFD(Axiom,AxiomProorAxiomXL)
•AR200AugmentedRealitySensor
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