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Granted Patent B2
US 11,866,141 · App. 16/909,906 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Device, method, and program for controlling ship body

Inventor: Hideki Ueno (Takarazuka, JP)
Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
B63H21/213G05D1/0061B63H2021/216
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Patent No.
US 11,866,141
App. No.
16/909,906
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ship body control device is provided, which includes a control lever having a neutral position, and processing circuitry. When the control lever is moved during an automatic cruise, the processing circuitry executes a deceleration control from a speed of a ship body during the automatic cruise, and when the position of the control lever is in agreement with a position for changing to a manual cruise, the processing circuitry changes the automatic cruise to the manual cruise at a rotating speed of an engine according to the position for changing to the manual cruise.

Claims (20)

1. A ship body control device, comprising:

a control lever having a neutral position; and

processing circuitry configured to:

execute a deceleration control from a speed of a ship body during an automatic cruise when the control lever is moved during the automatic cruise, and an amount of movement of the control lever is more than a threshold, and

change the automatic cruise to a manual cruise when a position of the control lever coincides with a position of a virtual axis corresponding to a rotating speed of an engine dropped by the deceleration control.

2. The ship body control device of claim 1 , wherein the position of the control lever for changing to the manual cruise is the neutral position.

3. The ship body control device of claim 2 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

4. The ship body control device of claim 1 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

5. A method of controlling a ship body, comprising:

executing a deceleration control from a speed during an automatic cruise when a control lever is moved during the automatic cruise, and an amount of movement of the control lever is more than a threshold; and

changing the automatic cruise to a manual cruise when a position of the control lever coincides with a position of a virtual axis corresponding to a rotating speed of an engine dropped by the deceleration control.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the position of the control lever for changing to the manual cruise is a neutral position of the control lever.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing processing circuitry of a ship body control device to execute processing, the processing circuitry configured to control operation of the device, the processing comprising:

when a control lever is moved during an automatic cruise and an amount of movement of the control lever is more than a threshold, executing a deceleration control from a speed during the automatic cruise; and

when a position of the control lever coincides with a position of a virtual axis corresponding to a rotating speed of an engine dropped by the deceleration control, changing the automatic cruise to a manual cruise.

10. The recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the position of the control lever for changing to the manual cruise is a neutral position of the control lever.

11. The recording medium of claim 10 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

12. The recording medium of claim 9 , wherein a deceleration rate during the deceleration control is constant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2020
From: UENO, HIDEKI
To: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-119450 · Jun 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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