Where
AHO (2024)
Process
To explore problem areas and spesify my scope, I used storyboarding as a technique. In the first storyboard, I define the situation; A ship is called to rescue a missing person, and uses communication and navigation tools to do so.
By analysing the storyboard, I defined some key problems that could occur in such a scenario. The problems I identified related mostly to collaboration between the search vessel and surrounding ships in a rescue situation; how to they know where to search and where they have already searched? How to account for weather changes while searching?
From here I did an idea generation session where I explore different ways to solve those problems. I then integrated those ideas in another, more detailed storyboard.
Storyboard 1: Exploring scenarios
Storyboard 2: Integrating concepts
Delivery
The final prototype aims to give a rescue vessel a way of coordinating a search with nearby ships. Trough weather data, the system can calculate a search area of which the person is likely located. Then, by using the ship's GPS, the system gives a visual overview of where to look and not to look inside of the search area. Watch a walktrough below:
