ANNEX
RECOMMENDATION ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH SPEED CRAFT (HSC)
1 OBJECTIVES OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT FOR HICH SPEED CRAFT
Night vision equipment facilitates the detection at night of hazards to navigation above the water surface, thus providing essential information to the navigator for collision avoidance and safe navigation of High Speed Craft. Typical hazards to HSC include, for example, small unlit boats, floating logs, oil drums, containers, buoys, ice, hazardous waves and whales.
2 APPLICATION OF THESE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
These performance standards should be applied to night vision equipment, which is required for HSC pursuant to Chapter 13, of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code).
3 RELATED REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED
The following standards should be additionally applied, as far as applicable:
- Resolution A.694 (17) on General Requirements for Shipborne Radio Equipment forming Part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and for Electronic Navigational Aids;
- IEC Publication 447 "Man-Machine Interface (MMI) - Actuating Principles";
- IEC Publication 60945 "Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems -General Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results";
- IEC Publication 61162 "Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems Digital Interfaces" and
- ISO/IEC Publication 9126 "Information Technology, Software Product Evaluation, Quality Characteristics and Guidelines for their Use"
4 DEFINITIONS
"Night vision equipment" means any technical means enabling the position and aspect of objects above the water surface relative to one's own craft to be detected at night.
"High-speed craft" means any craft to which the definition in chapter 1 of the HSC Code applies.
"Standard test target" means a target that simulates the real hazard of a surface object that can be found at sea such as, small unlit boats, floating logs, oil drums, containers, buoys, ice, hazardous waves and whales.
