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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Solutions Gmbh, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Kottke, Ehningen, DE;
Rudolf Hoff, Weingarten, DE;
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G08G 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); G08G 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control device for controlling a watercraft includes a position detection module and a positioning module. The position detection module is configured to detect a current position of the watercraft. The positioning module is configured to determine a new position for the watercraft within a delimited region depending on at least one positioning parameter when the watercraft approaches a boundary of the delimited region to within a predetermined distance or a parameterizable distance.