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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Hamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryosuke Saito, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0875 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01);
Abstract
A controller is configured or programmed to obtain at least either of a pitch angle of a watercraft and an angular velocity of the pitch angle, obtain a present thrust of an outboard motor, and set a target thrust of the outboard motor based on the present thrust of the outboard motor and at least either of the pitch angle of the watercraft and the angular velocity of the pitch angle. The controller is configured or programmed to control a drive source such that a thrust of the outboard motor becomes the target thrust.