Apparatus for controlling watercraft pilot control
AssigneesSanshin Kogyo Kabushki Kaisha, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Harada, Yukio Matsushita, Hirotaka Kaji, Masashi Yamaguchi
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Abstract
The invention provides a pilot control device that enables optimum pilot depending on user's preference and use environment. The pilot control device includes a control module and an optimum process device, with regard to a watercraft having an apparatus affecting pilot control. The control module determines output regarding a manipulated variable of the device affecting pilot control based on predetermined input information. The optimum process device optimizes, in real time, the control module, with the characteristics of a watercraft as an evaluation subject.
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A watercraft pilot control device provided in a watercraft including, as a device affecting pilot control, a propulsion device and a trim apparatus, said watercraft pilot control device comprising:
- a control module for determining an output regarding a manipulated variable for the trim apparatus based on predetermined input information, wherein an input-output relationship of the control module is regulated by multiple trim control parameters;
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- an optimization process device for, in real time, optimizing the control module with a characteristic of the watercraft as an evaluation subject, by optimizing the multiple trim control parameters so as to reduce water resistance when increasing a boat speed.
A watercraft pilot control device provided in a watercraft including, as a device affecting pilot control, a propulsion device and an apparatus for trim control, said watercraft pilot control device comprising:
- a control module for determining an output regarding a manipulated variable for the device affecting pilot control based on pre-selected input information, said control module having multiple operation modes, wherein an input-output relationship of the control module for each operation mode is regulated by a different set of multiple control parameters;
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- an optimization process device for optimizing in real time the control module for each operation mode with a characteristic of the watercraft as an evaluation subject, by optimizing the multiple control parameters for each operation mode separately.
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