Boat control system and boat
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro TAGATA, Katsutoshi NAITO
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Abstract
A boat control system to control a boat including a boat body includes a boat propulsion device including a steering device to change a steering angle and a tilting device to perform tilt operations, and a controller configured or programmed to control the steering device and the tilting device. Upon receiving a tilt operation instruction when the steering angle of the boat propulsion device is in a state different from a neutral state, the controller is configured or programmed to (i) drive the steering device to steer the boat propulsion device until the steering angle of the boat propulsion device reaches the neutral state, and (ii) drive the tilting device to perform the tilt operation at the same time as (i) or after the start of (i).
Claims14
A system for controlling a boat including a boat body, the system comprising:
- a boat propulsion device including a steering device to change a steering angle and a tilting device to perform tilt operations;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to control the steering device and the tilting device;
- wherein
- upon receiving a tilt operation when the steering angle of the boat propulsion device is in a state different from a neutral state, the controller is configured or programmed to:
- (i) drive the steering device to steer the boat propulsion device until the steering angle of the boat propulsion device reaches the neutral state;
- and
- (ii) drive the tilting device to perform the tilt operation at a same time as (i) or after a start of (i).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.