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US 2024/0190549 A1Published application
Steering system for a marine vessel
AssigneeAB Volvo Penta
InventorJoakim SÄLLBERG
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Abstract
A steering module for a marine vessel includes an IMU arranged to measure steering input by monitoring user gestures of a user using the steering module. The user gestures are interpreted as the steering input for steering the marine vessel. The steering module comprises a control unit arranged to initiate steering of the marine vessel according to the measured steering input.
Claims22
A steering module for a marine vessel, comprising:
- an inertial measurement unit arranged to measure steering input by monitoring user gestures of a user using the steering module, wherein the user gestures are interpreted as the steering input for steering the marine vessel, and
- a control unit arranged to initiate steering of the marine vessel according to the measured steering input.
A steering system for a marine vessel, comprising:
- a control console arranged to be mechanically connected to the marine vessel, wherein the control console comprises a steering module interface;
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- at least one steering module arranged to be connected to the control console via the steering module interface;
- wherein the at least one steering module is arranged to be selected from a plurality of different steering module types;
- wherein the steering module interface is arranged to connect steering modules of different types to the control console;
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- wherein the steering system is arranged to steer the marine vessel based on steering input obtained via the at least one steering module.
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A computer system comprising a processor device configured to:
- obtain information indicating measured steering input which has been measured by an inertial measurement unit by monitoring user gestures of a user using the steering module, wherein the user gestures are interpreted as the steering input for steering the marine vessel, and to initiate steering of the marine vessel according to the information indicating the measured steering input, thereby steering the marine vessel according to the user gestures.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor device of a computer system, information indicating steering input which has been measured by a six-axes inertial measurement unit by monitoring user gestures of a user using a steering module, wherein the user gestures are interpreted as the steering input for steering the marine vessel, and initiating, by the processor device, steering of the marine vessel according to the information indicating the steering input, thereby steering the marine vessel according to the user gestures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.