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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Inventors:
Yukitaka Okamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuaki Kurokawa, Osaka, JP;
Shimpei Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 34/70 (2020.01); B63H 11/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 34/70 (2020.02); B63H 11/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A boat control system includes an imager to image a user towed by a hull, an image processor to determine a predetermined state of the user from an image captured by the imager, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to adjust a thruster operable to change a propulsion state of the hull based on the predetermined state of the user determined by the image processor to change the propulsion state of the hull.