Route setting device, automatic pilot, and method of setting route
AssigneeFuruno Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoo Wada
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Abstract
A route setting device is provided, which may include a display controller, a user interface device, a waypoint detecting module, and a route setting module. The display controller having a display screen may display map data on the display screen. The user interface device may accept a route input operation using the display screen where the map data is displayed. Processing circuitry may detect a waypoint of a ship in the map data based on a trace of the route input operation in the map data. The processing circuitry may set a route of the ship based on the waypoint.
Claims20
A route setting device, comprising:
- a display controller having a display screen and configured to display nautical chart map data on the display screen;
- a user interface device configured to accept a route input operation using the display screen where the nautical chart map data is displayed;
- processing circuitry configured
- to detect a waypoint of a ship in the nautical chart map data based on a trace of the route input operation in the nautical chart map data, and
- to set a route of the ship based on the waypoint.
A method of setting a route, comprising the steps of:
- displaying nautical chart map data on a display screen;
- accepting a route input operation using the display screen where the nautical chart map data is displayed;
- detecting a waypoint of the ship in the nautical chart map data based on a trace of the route input operation in the nautical chart map data;
- and
- setting the route based on the waypoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.