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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Inventors:

Steven J. Andrasko, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Jason S. Arbuckle, Horicon, WI (US);

Thomas S. Kirchhoff, Fond du Lac, WI (US);

Assignee:

Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63J 99/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/213 (2013.01); B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01); B63H 2025/026 (2013.01); B63J 2099/006 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for calibrating a marine propulsion system that controls operation of a marine propulsion device on a marine vessel includes accepting an input signal from a user input device and determining an output signal corresponding to the input signal based on one or more stored parameters. The stored parameters are pre-calibrated to result in a predefined maneuver of the marine vessel. The marine propulsion device is operated according to the output signal and it is determined if any un-commanded maneuvers of the marine vessel result while operating the marine propulsion device according to the output signal. The method includes adapting one or more of the stored parameters so as to adjust operation of the marine propulsion device to abate the un-commanded vessel maneuvers. The one or more adapted parameters are saved and are used to determine subsequent output signals corresponding to subsequent input signals from the user input device.


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