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US 12,589,843 B2Granted
Control device for controlling a watercraft, watercraft having such a control device, and method for controlling a watercraft
AssigneeRolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
InventorsThomas Kottke, Rudolf Hoff
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Abstract
A control device for controlling a watercraft includes a position detection module and a positioning module. The position detection module is configured to detect a current position of the watercraft. The positioning module is configured to determine a new position for the watercraft within a delimited region depending on at least one positioning parameter when the watercraft approaches a boundary of the delimited region to within a predetermined distance or a parameterizable distance.
Claims12
A control system for controlling a watercraft, the control system comprising:
- a drive;
- and
- a controller for controlling the watercraft, the controller being configured:
- to receive a control signal providing a current position of the watercraft;
- to determine a new position for the watercraft within a delimited region depending on at least one positioning parameter when the watercraft approaches a boundary of the delimited region to within a predetermined distance or a parameterizable distance, the drive being configured for repositioning the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position, wherein, when active repositioning is commanded by the controller, the drive repositions the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position;
- to receive a control signal providing at least one information from at least one other watercraft in the delimited region, the at least one information being at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft, the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft being at least one of a drift speed of the at least one other watercraft and a drift acceleration of the at least one other watercraft;
- and
- to determine the new position for the watercraft within the delimited region depending at least in part on the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft.
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A watercraft, comprising:
- a control system for controlling the watercraft, the control system comprising:
- a drive;
- and
- a controller for controlling the watercraft, the controller being configured:
- to receive a control signal providing a current position of the watercraft;
- to determine a new position for the watercraft within a delimited region depending on at least one positioning parameter when the watercraft approaches a boundary of the delimited region to within a predetermined distance or a parameterizable distance, the drive being configured for repositioning the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position, wherein, when active repositioning is commanded by the controller, the drive repositions the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position;
- to receive a control signal providing at least one information from at least one other watercraft in the delimited region, the at least one information being at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft, the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft being at least one of a drift speed of the at least one other watercraft and a drift acceleration of the at least one other watercraft;
- and
- to determine the new position for the watercraft within the delimited region depending at least in part on the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft.
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A method for controlling a watercraft, the method comprising the steps of:
- specifying a delimited region in which the watercraft is configured for being present;
- detecting a current position of the watercraft;
- determining, when the watercraft approaches a boundary of the delimited region up to a predetermined distance or a parameterizable distance, a new position for the watercraft within the delimited region depending on at least one positioning parameter, the watercraft including a drive that is configured for repositioning the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position;
- repositioning, when active repositioning is commanded by the controller, the watercraft within the delimited region based on the new position using the drive;
- and
- receiving a control signal providing at least one information from at least one other watercraft in the delimited region, the at least one information being at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft, the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft being at least one of a drift speed of the at least one other watercraft and a drift acceleration of the at least one other watercraft, the step of determining further including determining the new position for the watercraft within the delimited region depending at least in part on the at least one repositioning parameter of the at least one other watercraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.