Marine vessel control system for a shallow water anchor
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorsDavid F. Lammers-Meis, Gregory M. Groener, Ravinder Singh, Jarrod W. Seymour
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Abstract
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a motor. The marine vessel control system comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a user command to maintain a position of a marine vessel, receive sonar data, determine a water depth relative to a water bottom based on the sonar data in response to receiving the user command, and transmit a command to use the shallow water anchor and/or the motor based on the water depth.
Claims20
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor, the marine vessel control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a user command to maintain a position of a marine vessel;
- receive sonar data;
- determine a water depth relative to a water bottom based on the sonar data;
- and
- transmit a command to use the shallow water anchor based on the water depth.
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a motor, the marine vessel control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a desired position of a marine vessel;
- receive sonar data;
- based on the sonar data, select between the shallow water anchor and the motor;
- transmit a command to use the selected shallow water anchor or motor.
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a motor, the marine vessel control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a desired position of a marine vessel along a navigational route;
- receive sonar data;
- transmit a command to the motor to move the marine vessel to the desired position;
- and
- transmit a command to deploy the shallow water anchor in response to the marine vessel reaching a navigational waypoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.