Taipei: One of shipping’s most enigmatic figures returns to Maritime CEO. At a time when he still faces a number of court cases, with some suggesting he keep a low profile, Nobu Su, the chairman of TMT, is back in the limelight, trumpeting three new patents for the invention of a mobile network for remote service areas using mobile stations, also known as Ocean net.
According to Su, Ocean net enables the transmission and reception of data via an offshore mobile communications network. This system encompasses one or more mobile stations that are used for transmitting data; serving as buffers/repeaters through the storage and forwarding of data signals that are ultimately received by the designated station. Since the mobile stations include data storage memory that is coupled to a processor, the processor can be configured so that the transceiver within the station is able to broadcast interrogation signals that determine other mobile or base stations for store and forward.
Since 2000, Su has sought to provide an efficient, cost-effective solution for ship crews to communicate with other vessels as well as contact family and friends
“I believe that Ocean net will take over the AIS system in the next decade,” Su tells Maritime CEO.
Su has more than 30 other patents and is adamant that the connection between smartphones and shipping have yet to be fully embraced. Su says he is especially interested in the rise of the popular, yet controversial, taxi service app, Uber, thinking that there is something from this car booking service that could be transferred to shipping.
As for the ongoing court cases, Su says he will continue to fight. [09/01/14]
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