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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Kunihiko Kamio, Kobe, JP;
Atsufumi Ozaki, Kobe, JP;
Keiji Takahashi, Akashi, JP;
Toshio Araki, Kobe, JP;
Satoru Watabe, Akashi, JP;
Kunihiko Kamio, Kobe, JP;
Atsufumi Ozaki, Kobe, JP;
Keiji Takahashi, Akashi, JP;
Toshio Araki, Kobe, JP;
Satoru Watabe, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A main switch apparatus of a small watercraft is provided. The main switch apparatus of a small watercraft having a main switch. The main switch apparatus includes a plurality of keys, each for operating the main switch, each assigned a different user ID information. The main switch apparatus may further include an ID information detector for detecting the user ID information assigned to one of the plurality of keys applied to the main switch, a controller for controlling the small watercraft, configured to be activated by each one of the plurality of keys, and a control pattern memory for storing a plurality of control patterns of the controller corresponding to the respective user ID information. The controller is typically configured to read out the control pattern stored in the control pattern memory corresponding to the user ID information detected by the user ID information detector and to execute a control of the watercraft based on the read out control pattern.