Method and system for determining an estimated steering angle
OwnerRobert A. Morvilloinventor
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Abstract
A system for controlling one or more propulsion devices of a marine vessel. The system includes circuitry configured to: receive a steering angle command for a propulsion device of the marine vessel; receive a trim position of the propulsion device; and generate a steering actuator position command for the propulsion device based on the steering angle command and the trim position of the propulsion device.
Claims12
A system for a marine vessel, the marine vessel having a steering actuator coupled to a propulsion device and a trim actuator coupled to the propulsion device, the trim actuator having a trim actuator position, the system comprising:
- at least one processor configured to be coupled to a steering actuator position sensor and a trim position sensor, the at least one processor being configured to:
- receive a sensed steering actuator position of the steering actuator from the steering actuator position sensor;
- receive a sensed trim actuator position from the trim position sensor, wherein movement of the trim actuator position while maintaining a constant steering actuator position changes a steering angle of the propulsion device;
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- determine an estimated steering angle of the propulsion device based on the sensed steering actuator position and the sensed trim actuator position.
A method for use in a marine vessel, the marine vessel having a steering actuator coupled to a propulsion device and a trim actuator coupled to the propulsion device, the trim actuator having a trim actuator position, the method comprising:
- receiving a sensed steering actuator position of the steering actuator from a steering actuator position sensor;
- receiving a sensed trim actuator position from a trim position sensor, wherein movement of the trim actuator position while maintaining a constant steering actuator position changes a steering angle of the propulsion device;
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- determining, using at least one processor, an estimated steering angle of the propulsion device based on the sensed steering actuator position and the sensed trim actuator position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.