Granted Patent B2

US 12,230,141 · App. 17/211,988 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue (Shizuoka, JP)

Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

G08G3/00B63B35/00G01C21/203B63B2035/004

Abstract

Claims (98)

1. A watercraft share-ride system for inviting a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the watercraft share-ride system comprising:

a computer;

an owner terminal to provide watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner to the computer, the watercraft information including watercraft-body information, engine information, and equipment information;

a user terminal to provide second share-ride condition information of the user to the computer; and

a watercraft including a communicator to communicate with the computer; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match; and

acquire share-ride request information corresponding to the watercraft information that is used as data for the user terminal to request a share-ride when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal.

2. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first share-ride condition information includes first purpose information indicating a navigation purpose of the owner; and

the second share-ride condition information includes second purpose information indicating a navigation purpose of the user.

3. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fuel information acquirer to acquire fuel consumption information during navigation of the watercraft; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to calculate a fuel cost during navigation of the watercraft based on the fuel consumption information acquired from the communicator.

4. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a fuel detector to detect a fuel injection amount injected from an engine during navigation of the watercraft; wherein

the fuel information acquirer acquires the fuel injection amount as the fuel consumption information from the fuel detector; and

the computer is configured or programmed to calculate the fuel cost based on the fuel injection amount.

5. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a watercraft position detector to detect watercraft position information of the watercraft and provide the watercraft position information to the computer; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to determine whether or not the watercraft starts navigating based on the watercraft position information and to calculate the fuel cost when the watercraft starts navigating.

6. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a maintenance information providing terminal to provide maintenance information indicating an end of maintenance of the watercraft to the computer; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to determine whether or not the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match when the computer acquires the maintenance information.

7. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 1 , wherein

the owner terminal is configured or programmed to provide the computer with user evaluation information indicating an evaluation of the user;

the user terminal is configured or programmed to provide the computer with owner evaluation information indicating an evaluation of the owner; and

the computer is configured or programmed to record the user evaluation information and the owner evaluation information.

8. The watercraft share-ride system according to claim 7 , wherein

the first share-ride condition information includes user selection condition information indicating a condition when the owner selects the user; and

the computer is configured or programmed to provide the watercraft information of the owner to the user terminal when the user evaluation information satisfies the user selection condition information.

9. A computer for a watercraft used to invite a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the computer comprising:

an information receiver to acquire watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner from an owner terminal and second share-ride condition information of the user from a user terminal, the watercraft information including watercraft-body information, engine information, and equipment information;

an information provider to provide the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information to the owner terminal and the user terminal; and

processor circuitry to process the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information acquired by the information receiver, the processor circuitry being configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information acquired from the owner terminal by the information receiver and the second share-ride condition information acquired from the user terminal by the information receiver match; and

acquire share-ride request information that is used as data for the user terminal to request a user's share-ride to the owner when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal.

10. The computer according to claim 9 , wherein

the first share-ride condition information includes first purpose information indicating a navigation purpose of the owner; and

the second share-ride condition information includes second purpose information indicating a navigation purpose of the user.

11. The computer according to claim 9 , wherein

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire fuel consumption information, which is acquired by a fuel information acquirer of the watercraft, from a communicator of the watercraft; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to calculate a fuel cost during navigation of the watercraft based on the fuel consumption information.

12. The computer according to claim 11 , wherein

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire a fuel injection amount during navigation of the watercraft, which is detected by a fuel detector of the watercraft, from the communicator; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to calculate the fuel cost based on the fuel injection amount.

13. The computer according to claim 11 , wherein

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire watercraft position information, which is detected by a watercraft position detector of the watercraft, from the communicator of the watercraft; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to determine whether or not the watercraft starts navigating based on the watercraft position information and to calculate the fuel cost when the watercraft starts navigating.

14. The computer according to claim 9 , wherein

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire maintenance information, which indicates an end of a maintenance of the watercraft, from a maintenance information providing terminal; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to determine whether or not the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match when the processor circuitry acquires the maintenance information.

15. The computer according to claim 9 , wherein the information receiver is configured or programmed to:

acquire user evaluation information, which indicates an evaluation of the user, from the owner terminal; and

acquire owner evaluation information, which indicates an evaluation of the owner, from the user terminal.

16. The computer according to claim 15 , wherein

the first share-ride condition information includes user selection condition information indicating a condition when the owner selects the user; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to provide the watercraft information of the owner to the user terminal when the user evaluation information satisfies the user selection condition information.

17. A watercraft share-ride method performed by a computer to invite a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the method comprising:

providing watercraft information of an owner to a user terminal when first share-ride condition information acquired from an owner terminal and second share-ride condition information acquired from the user terminal match, the watercraft information including watercraft-body information, engine information, and equipment information;

providing the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information to the owner terminal and the user terminal; and

acquiring share-ride request information that is used as data for the user terminal to request a user's share-ride to the owner when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal.

18. A watercraft share-ride system for inviting a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the watercraft share-ride system comprising:

a computer;

an owner terminal to provide watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner to the computer;

a user terminal to provide second share-ride condition information of the user to the computer;

a watercraft including a communicator to communicate with the computer; and

a fuel information acquirer to acquire fuel consumption information during navigation of the watercraft; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match;

acquire share-ride request information corresponding to the watercraft information when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal; and

calculate a fuel cost during navigation of the watercraft based on the fuel consumption information acquired from the communicator.

19. A computer for a watercraft used to invite a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the computer comprising:

an information receiver to acquire watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner from an owner terminal and second share-ride condition information of the user from a user terminal;

an information provider to provide the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information to the owner terminal and the user terminal; and

processor circuitry to process the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information acquired by the information receiver, the processor circuitry being configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information acquired from the owner terminal by the information receiver and the second share-ride condition information acquired from the user terminal by the information receiver match; and

acquire share-ride request information to request a user's share-ride to the owner when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal;

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire fuel consumption information, which is acquired by a fuel information acquirer of the watercraft, from a communicator of the watercraft; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to calculate a fuel cost during navigation of the watercraft based on the fuel consumption information.

20. A watercraft share-ride system for inviting a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the watercraft share-ride system comprising:

a computer;

an owner terminal to provide watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner to the computer;

a user terminal to provide second share-ride condition information of the user to the computer;

a watercraft including a communicator to communicate with the computer; and

a maintenance information providing terminal to provide maintenance information indicating an end of maintenance of the watercraft to the computer, the maintenance information including fuel calibration and confirmation of fuel replenishment status; wherein

the computer is configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match;

acquire share-ride request information corresponding to the watercraft information when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal; and

determine whether or not the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match when the computer acquires the maintenance information.

21. A computer for a watercraft used to invite a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the computer comprising:

an information receiver to acquire watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner from an owner terminal and second share-ride condition information of the user from a user terminal;

an information provider to provide the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information to the owner terminal and the user terminal; and

processor circuitry to process the watercraft information, the first share-ride condition information, and the second share-ride condition information acquired by the information receiver, the processor circuitry being configured or programmed to:

provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information acquired from the owner terminal by the information receiver and the second share-ride condition information acquired from the user terminal by the information receiver match; and

acquire share-ride request information to request a user's share-ride to the owner when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal;

the information receiver is configured or programmed to acquire maintenance information, which indicates an end of a maintenance of the watercraft, from a maintenance information providing terminal; and

the processor circuitry is configured or programmed to determine whether or not the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match when the processor circuitry acquires the maintenance information.

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