UK company Cambridge Pixel has supplied its RadarWatch coastal surveillance software to Klein Marine Systems as part of a project to protect an unnamed offshore wind farm and its export cable off the coast of South Korea.
RadarWatch has been integrated with the radar, daylight/thermal cameras, an AIS receiver and long-range acoustic device as part of Klein’s HarborGuard maritime security and surveillance solution.
The local integrator is Seoul-based company iSenteck.
The surveillance system monitors vessel traffic around the wind farm and along a 10km subsea transmission line carrying power from an offshore substation to the onshore distribution facility.
Klein Marine Systems general manager Frank Cobis said: “We needed a modern, multi-window display solution that fuses information from radar sensors, transponders and cameras to present a consolidated view of vessel movement in the monitored area to our shore-based operators.
“Cambridge Pixel’s RadarWatch radar display application, target tracking software and real-time data recorder, provided all the functionality and the flexibility we required for this programme.
“We have worked with Cambridge Pixel for many years and have been impressed by their engineers’ sensor expertise and their technical support to us and our integration partners.
“Also, the company was willing to customise their RadarWatch software to support a long-range acoustic and searchlight device.
“This allows the operator to audibly alert approaching vessels using either a microphone or a set of pre-recorded audio sounds.”
Cambridge Pixel principal engineer Andrew Haylett said: “We are delighted to be providing our RadarWatch display software, tracking and recording technology for this strategic coastal surveillance site.
“Our software’s comprehensive support for generating alarms for vessels moving into a defined area around the protected zone was another key feature for Klein as it facilitates automatic steering of the camera towards the detected target and the ability to sound an audible alarm or signal using the strobe searchlight.”