Sensor assembly for watercraft, operation support system and watercraft
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWestleigh Moore
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Abstract
A sensor assembly for a watercraft comprises a sensor, an inserted portion, and an extended portion. The sensor includes at least one of a GPS transmitter, a GPS receiver, a camera, a radar device, a lidar device and a sonar device. The inserted portion is configured to be inserted into an accommodating space provided on a watercraft to accommodate an object. The extended portion is coupled to the inserted portion and configured to be located outside the accommodating space in a state where the sensor assembly is installed in the accommodating space. The sensor is housed in at least one of the inserted portion and the extended portion.
Claims13
A sensor assembly for a watercraft comprising:
- a sensor including at least one of a GPS transmitter, a GPS receiver, a camera, a radar device, a lidar device and a sonar device;
- an inserted portion configured to be inserted into an accommodating space provided on a watercraft to accommodate an object;
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- an extended portion coupled to the inserted portion and configured to be located outside the accommodating space in a state where the sensor assembly is installed in the accommodating space, the extended portion having an upwardly facing opening,
- the sensor being housed in at least one of the inserted portion and the extended portion,
- the inserted portion having a recess extending downward from the opening, and
- the recess defining an object accommodating space configured to receive an object other than the sensor assembly, such that the sensor assembly serves as a rod holder or a cup holder.
A sensor assembly for a watercraft comprising:
- a sensor including at least one of a GPS transmitter, a GPS receiver, a camera, a radar device, a lidar device and a sonar device;
- an inserted portion configured to be inserted into an accommodating space provided on a watercraft to accommodate an object;
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- an extended portion coupled to the inserted portion and configured to be located outside the accommodating space in a state where the sensor assembly is installed in the accommodating space, the extended portion having an upwardly facing opening,
- the sensor being housed in a housing space defined by at least one of the inserted portion and the extended portion in the at least one of the inserted portion and the extended portion, and
- the inserted portion having a recess that extends downward from the opening and is isolated from the housing space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.