BARCO’s Maritime Color Displays Obtain Germanischer Lloyd Approval and Are Ready to Implement ECDIS

BARCO has gained recognition for this unique market position due to the special design of the ICD 321 GL color displays which enables the monitors to operate in harsh maritime environmental conditions and maintain a consistent and perfect color purity.

The Germanischer Lloyd approval is a stringent testing and certification process which requires shipboard displays to meet strong vibration, rapid temperature variation and humidity specifications. Therefore, BARCO’s ICD 321 I GL (Industrial enclosure) and ICD 321 P GL (Panel mount enclosure) maritime displays are built and tested to meet all of the demanding environmental Germanischer Lloyd requirements. The wide range of operational specifications of the ICD 321 GL make the display also ideal for landbased or mobile applications.

The need for consistent color displays on board ships has become a major issue since the IHO (International Hydrographic Organization) standardized on navigational charts and selected specific colors for electronic charts comparable with the fixed colors on nautical paper charts.

However, this can only work if the colors on the electronic displays are constant throughout their lifetime. The colors on standard monitors may change so much that consistent color perception is impossible. This is particularly inherent on board ships where environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity change very rapidly, affecting the performance of the shipboard monitors.

With the BARCO ICD 321 GL monitors, the question of color deterioration does not arise. These monitors have been built for color-critical applications and are guaranteed for 100 percent color stability. Special features of the ICD 321 GL maritime displays include automatic stabilization and calibration tools, perfect color perception during night and daylight conditions, ambient light control and quick degauss functions, and an advanced electronic monitoring facility which stabilizes the black levels displayed on the screen.

The BARCO ICD 321 GL display is packaged either in an industrial or compact panel-mount version offering maritime integrators total flexibility for any shipboard system configuration.

About BarcoView:
BarcoView with operation facilities in Kortrijk (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Atlanta, Georgia and Portland, Oregon (USA) designs and manufactures high-resolution display systems, displays, graphics controllers and display subsystems for highly demanding niche markets such as C4I, avionics, vessel and air traffic control, vehicle electronics, and medical imaging applications.

Alongside Barco Projection Systems and BarcoVision, BarcoView is one of the three strategic activities of the BARCO Group, which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization, whereas BarcoVision develops systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a turnover of euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.

For more information, please contact

Inge Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco Security & Monitoring

Telephone +32 56 36 8052
inge.govaerts@barco.com