Marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus and marine vessel including the same
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirotaka KAJI
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Abstract
A marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus is used in a marine vessel which includes a propulsion system and a steering mechanism. The marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus includes an operational unit, operated by an operator, arranged to control movement and turning of a marine vessel, a target value computing unit having a plurality of computing modes and arranged to compute target values including a target propulsive force for the propulsion system and a target steering angle for the steering mechanism in accordance with an operational input from the operational unit, and a switching unit arranged to switch the computing modes of the target value computing unit.
Claims19
A marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus for a marine vessel which includes a propulsion system and a steering mechanism, the marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus comprising:
- an operational unit arranged to be operated by an operator and to control movement and turning of the marine vessel;
- a target value computing unit, having a plurality of computing modes, arranged to compute target values including a target propulsive force for the propulsion system and a target steering angle for the steering mechanism, in accordance with an operational input from the operational unit;
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- a switching unit arranged to switch the computing modes of the target value computing unit.
A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- a propulsion system and a steering mechanism attached to the hull;
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- a marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus arranged to compute target values for the propulsion system and the steering mechanism, the marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus including:
- an operational unit arranged to be operated by an operator and to control movement and turning of the marine vessel;
- a target value computing unit, having a plurality of computing modes, arranged to compute target values including a target propulsive force for the propulsion system and a target steering angle for the steering mechanism, in accordance with an operational input from the operational unit;
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- a switching unit arranged to switch the computing modes of the target value computing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.