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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey C Johnson, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Rebecca A Bird, Earlysville, VA (US);
David A Bennett, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
Sperry Marine Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364457 ; 364447 ; 318588 ; 1141 / ;
Abstract
The rudder order bias integrator of a marine autopilot is reactivated upon substantial completion of a turning maneuver in response to heading error, heading rate and the derivative portion of the rudder order signal. Upon reactivation, the integrator time constant is ramped from a predetermined small value to the normal large time constant of the integrator.