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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Kenneth G. Gable, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Steven J. Andrasko, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Michael J. Lemancik, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for steering a marine vessel powered by a marine engine and having a steerable marine device includes initiating a docking mode, and in response to initiation of the docking mode, reducing a steering ratio between input signals corresponding to steered positions of a steering wheel and output signals corresponding to desired steering angles of the marine device, such that the steering ratio is less than the steering ratio would otherwise be were the vessel in a non-docking mode. Input signals are accepted from the steering wheel, and output signals are generated based on the input signals and the reduced steering ratio. The output signals are sent to a steering actuator coupled to the marine device, which controls a position of the marine device to the desired steering angles.