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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Yanmar Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Gakuji Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Jun Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Wakahara, Osaka, JP;
Naohiro Hara, Osaka, JP;
YANMAR CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A ship handling device may be provided with which a ship moves and turns in a target orientation toward target coordinates without monitoring the behavior of the ship against disturbance or the characteristics of the ship. The ship handling device moves the ship toward the target coordinates and in the target orientation from a GPS device and a signal from an orientation sensor, wherein the target coordinates and the target orientation are calculated from operation of a joystick lever, and a thrust is generated by a propulsion device so as to move the ship to the target coordinates and the target orientation after a signal finalizing the target coordinates and the target orientation has been acquired.