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US 2025/0121916 A1Published application
Watercraft with automatic control, method for controlling an anchored watercraft, and control system for a watercraft
OwnerHartwig HUNTEMÜLLERinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a watercraft (1) with automatic control, where, automatically, a force, in particular, a pulling force on a fastening rope is measured and a controlling of the drive and/or a steering means is provided to counteract the force or, e.g., to limit the same.
Claims36
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A watercraft with automatic control, the watercraft comprising:
- a boat hull,
- a drive and steering means for driving and steering the watercraft,
- a controller means for putting out control signals to the drive and steering means,
- an attachment point received via a fastening rope,
- a measuring means provided between the boat hull and the attachment point, including the boat hull and attachment point, which is designed to measure a measurand acting on the attachment point or the fastening rope,
- the measuring means putting out at least one measuring signal, and the controller means being designed, depending on the at least one measuring signal, to carry out one or more of the following control actions or regulations by controlling both the drive and the steering means:
- an adjustment of a range of inclination of the boat hull relative to the fastening rope,
- an adjustment of a position of the watercraft relative to the attachment point,
- a limitation of the pulling force,
- an adjustment of a minimum pulling force on the fastening rope, for tightening the fastening rope and preventing the watercraft from drifting away and/or drifting across the attachment point.
7 more elements
A method for controlling a watercraft at anchor, wherein
- a fastening rope is guided forward via a fastening rope guide provided at the bow of the watercraft and received in an attachment point,
- a pulling force and/or lateral force acting on the fastening rope guide is measured via the fastening rope, and
- depending on the pulling force and/or lateral force, the drive and steering means of the watercraft are controlled such that the pulling force and/or lateral force is limited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.