Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

Micware Co., Ltd.

Xacti Corporation

Hirofumi Amma

Yoshimasa Kinoshita

Mitsuaki Kurokawa

Kohei Terada

Shimpei Fukumoto

Hideyoshi Sato

Yukitaka Okamoto

Hidenori Satake

Masaya Fujiyoshi

Junya Miwa

Seiichi Kataoka

A method and apparatus to reduce or prevent misrecognition of an actual azimuth of a marine vessel includes acquiring a speed of the marine vessel and an azimuth of the marine vessel, and displaying a mark on a display based on the acquired speed and the acquired azimuth. The mark is displayed so as to allow the azimuth of the marine vessel to be determined in a case that the speed of the marine vessel exceeds a first predetermined speed, and the mark is displayed so as to not allow the azimuth of the marine vessel to be determined in a case that the speed of the marine vessel does not exceed the first predetermined speed.

Method and apparatus for displaying azimuth of marine vessel, marine vessel, and storage medium

An information processing method includes displaying a water-based map on a display unit, accepting an operation by an administrator, storing a selected tile by the administrator in a storage unit as a particular tile from among a plurality of tiles resulting from division of an area on the water-based map into a mesh pattern, detecting a present location of a ship at a predetermined time interval, and notifying an alert when the ship enters a water area corresponding to the particular tile.

Information processing method, information processing system, and control program

A marine vessel to transmit a rescue signal includes a hull, a propulsion force generator to generate a propulsion force to propel the hull, and a controller. In the marine vessel, the controller is configured or programmed to acquire vessel speed information regarding a vessel speed of the hull, and determine whether or not rescue is necessary based on the vessel speed information in a case where operation of the propulsion force generator is stopped.

Marine vessel that suitably transmits rescue signal, and method for controlling the same

A watercraft includes a hull, a wave detector to detect wave conditions on a water surface, a trim adjuster to adjust a trim angle of the watercraft, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to determine, based on a detection value of the wave detector, whether or not the water surface is smooth and, if it is determined that the water surface is not smooth, control the trim adjuster to increase the trim angle.

Watercraft

A watercraft includes a hull, an engine to generate power to propel the hull, an engine speed sensor to detect the rotation speed of the engine, and an ON/OFF sensor to be turned on and off according to a vertical acceleration of the hull. The watercraft further includes a controller configured or programmed to determine, based on at least one of a detection value of the ON/OFF sensor and a detection value of the engine speed sensor, whether or not a water surface is smooth.

A marine vessel includes a vessel body including a navigation light, an imager provided in a vicinity of or adjacent to the navigation light, and a light shield provided between the navigation light and the imager so as to block light from the navigation light to the imager.

Marine vessel and marine vessel imaging device

A marine vessel display device includes an imager that images surroundings of a vessel body, an image processor that generates a bird's-eye view image based on images captured by the imager, a display provided in the vessel body and that displays the bird's-eye view image, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a control to switch an image displayed on the display from the bird's-eye view image to an object image obtained by imaging in a direction toward an object from the vessel body based on object information.

Marine vessel display device, marine vessel, and image display method for marine vessel

An imaging device that reduces differences between a bird's eye image and an actually measured distance includes imaging cameras mounted on a ship to capture peripheral images of the ship and combines the peripheral images captured by the imaging cameras to create the bird's eye image as a composite image. The imaging device includes an auxiliary camera adjacent to at least one of the imaging cameras, and a distance calculator that calculates a distance in a lateral direction using the auxiliary camera and the at least one of the imaging cameras adjacent to the auxiliary camera.

Imaging device including distance calculator for ship and ship including the imaging device

An imaging system for a ship includes cameras mounted on the ship and spaced apart at a predetermined interval, and a controller that combines peripheral images of the ship captured by the respective cameras to create a simulated bird's eye image. Adjacent ones of the cameras are located at positions and angles so that the peripheral images include a common portion of the ship. The controller performs a calibration process to adjust areas of the peripheral images to be used for the bird's eye image based on a calibration index located at a portion of the ship and included in the common peripheral images.

Imaging system for ship, ship including the system, and calibrating method for imaging system for ship

A marine vessel includes a hull including a cabin, an imager that images a field-of-view shielded region, which is a region in which a marine vessel operator's field of view is obstructed when the marine vessel operator located on an operation seat provided inside the cabin looks around an outside of the marine vessel in a horizontal direction, and a display provided at a position visible from the operation seat and that displays a field-of-view complement image, which is an image of the field-of-view shielded region captured by the imager.

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