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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2024
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Yuhei Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryo Nakanishi, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A watercraft includes a steering operator to be operated by a user to steer a watercraft, an operation amount sensor to detect an operation amount of the steering operator, a steering device including a steering actuator to change a steering angle, a steering angle sensor to detect the steering angle, and a steering controller configured or programmed to control the steering actuator according to an output signal of the operation amount sensor and an output signal of the steering angle sensor. The steering controller is configured or programmed to monitor the output signal of the steering angle sensor for an abnormality, feedback-control the steering actuator based on the output signal of the steering angle sensor to achieve a target steering angle when the abnormality is not detected, and feedforward-control the steering actuator based on the output signal of the operation amount sensor when the abnormality is detected.
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