Multisensor Data Fusion in the Decision Process on the Bridge of the Vessel

More and more electronic devices appears on the bridge of the vessel. All of them are supposed to help navigator in his work. Some of them are useful for exchanging data among vessels. Nowadays navigator can observe surroundings of the vessel on screens of some different systems of exchanging data. It is obvious that there are some advantages and some disadvantages of each of these systems. Proposal of the author is connecting data obtained from mentioned systems by means of data fusion technique. Joining few systems in one will be helpful at making decision on the bridge of the vessel. This paper is an introduction to consideration how to use the data fusion in the maritime navigation.