In step with the increased level of information flowing into a ship’s bridge, so too has evolved the means and method to display this information in an ergonomic and reasonable manner. Coming in 2016 from Hatteland – a company which recently was acquired by Norautron Group from Herkules Capital – is a high-resolution 32 in. and 55 in. chart table. While the two products are clearly two different concepts, they do share a common electronics platform since they are both 4K high resolution displays. The larger 55 in. display is scheduled to be the first one released, with a target of Q3 2016, driven by current project needs. The 32-in. version is scheduled to follow shortly thereafter, either in late 2016 or early 2017. Hatteland has traditionally pushed the technological envelope in the maritime display sector since its inception in 1989, and it is eager to communicate the new units’ capabilities in advance of its release to market, as the 4K resolution is still a new concept among many system integrators.
According to Hatteland, the 32-in. display is a product with its core ‘console’ market in mind since the final design aims at fitting it into a 750mm wide console, making it the largest screen that can be integrated in this industry standard dimension, a dimension widely used in the commercial marine segment. Hatteland contends that high resolution on a large screen provides the means to add more data on a single screen, aiming to bring several applications onto the single screen platform.
Conversely, the 55-in. version is a completely new concept Hatteland. According to the company, there is a demand to have a digital display to replace paper charts not only on a console as with the existing displays, but also around a (Chart Table). The Hatteland 55-in. display, standing on an adjustable pod stand, is truly impressive in size, clarity and function, providing a display in the same size as a paper chart with the high performance 40 point Multitouch screen for the interaction of several people around the table.
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(As published in the January 2016 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News - http://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter)
