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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2024
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Hideki Ueno, Takarazuka, JP;
FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A ship control device is provided with an input unit capable of acquiring operation inputs from each of a first operator used in a low-speed navigation control mode and a second operator used in a high speed navigation control mode, and a control unit for determining a target direction and a throttle opening in the direction control at the time of navigation based on the operation inputs acquired in the input unit. The low-speed navigation control mode has a manual operation control mode by the operation of the first operator and an automatic navigation control mode for holding a direction or a throttle opening using the target direction. The control unit is provided with a setting unit for setting the target direction and the throttle opening used for automatic navigation based on the operation input to the first operator in the automatic navigation control mode.