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US 2026/0001628 A1Published application
Boat control system and marine vessel
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYukitaka OKAMOTO, Mitsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Mitsuaki KUROKAWA, Shimpei FUKUMOTO
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Abstract
A boat control system includes an imager to image a user towed by a hull, an image processor to determine a predetermined state of the user from an image captured by the imager, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to adjust a thruster operable to change a propulsion state of the hull based on the predetermined state of the user determined by the image processor to change the propulsion state of the hull.
Claims24
A boat control system comprising:
- an imager to image a user spaced apart rearward from a hull;
- an image processor to determine a predetermined state of the user from an image captured by the imager;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to adjust a thruster of the hull based on the predetermined state of the user determined by the image processor.
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A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- and
- a boat control system mounted on the hull;
- wherein
- the hull includes a thruster;
- and
- the boat control system includes:
- an imager to image a user spaced apart rearward from the hull;
- an image processor to determine a predetermined state of the user from an image captured by the imager;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to adjust the thruster based on the predetermined state of the user determined by the image processor.
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A boat control method comprising:
- imaging a user spaced apart rearward from a hull using an imager;
- determining a predetermined state of the user from an image captured by the imager;
- and
- adjusting a thruster of the hull based on a determined predetermined state of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.