Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Boat and control method for same
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Application No.: US16465646Application Date: 2016-12-02
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Publication No.: US11243538B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Shu Akuzawa , Hirotaka Aoki , Yusuke Ashida
- Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Iwata
- Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Iwata
- Agency: Keating and Bennett, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/085985 WO 20161202
- International Announcement: WO2018/100749 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B63B49/00 ; B63H25/04

Abstract:
A positional sensor detects a current position and a current bearing of a boat body and outputs position information indicating the current position and the current bearing. A controller receives the position information. The controller determines a first target position of the boat body and a target bearing in the first target position. The controller calculates a bearing difference between the current bearing and the target bearing. The controller determines an offset amount of the first target position in response to the bearing difference or an outside disturbance. The controller determines a position spaced away by the offset amount from the first target position on a side toward the current position as a second target position. The controller generates an instruction signal to control a propulsion device so as to cause the boat body to arrive at the second target position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190317504A1 BOAT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME Public/Granted day:2019-10-17
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