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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Sea Machines Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Gordon Johnson, Boston, MA (US);
Lauren Anne Lamm, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sea Machines Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract
Autonomously piloting a sea-faring vessel traveling on a pre-defined course at a nominal speed includes: measuring a slamming parameter of the vessel; determining that the slamming parameter is outside an acceptable range; and autonomously decreasing the speed of the vessel until the slamming parameter is within the acceptable range, thereby causing the vessel to enter a reduced-speed mode.