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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:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

May. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Cpac Systems Ab, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Simon Björkman, Gothenburg, SE;

David Wall, Gothenburg, SE;

Lennart Dahlström, Mölnlycke, SE;

Oskar Waldemarsson, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:

CPAC SYSTEMS AB, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B63H 20/00 (2006.01); B63H 20/12 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 25/04 (2013.01); B63H 2020/003 (2013.01); B63H 20/12 (2013.01); B63H 2025/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

An operating command indicating a requested vessel direction and plotting a course represented by a reference line for the requested vessel direction from an initial position is registered. It is then monitored if the vessel has deviated from the reference line and if a deviation from the reference line is detected, then a value for current vessel speed is detected. The detected vessel speed value is compared to a predetermined reference speed value to determine if the current vessel speed value is within a high speed interval or a low speed interval relative to the reference speed value. Depending on the determined speed interval the vessel is controlled according a low speed control strategy; or a high speed control strategy in order to move the vessel from a current vessel heading to the reference line and the requested vessel direction.


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