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Patent No.:

US 8265812 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2011
Applicant:

William M Pease, Weston, MA (US);

Inventor:

William M Pease, Weston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An autopilot system includes a navigation application for computing angular position and angular turn rate of a pilot line and an autopilot steering application for calculating steering commands for a ship steering device. The pilot line provides directional guidance to a ship and is a vector having one end attached to a point on the ship and a second end pointing to a desired direction. The autopilot steering application receives the computed pilot line angular position and angular turn rate and calculates angular position steering commands for the steering device. The steering commands are calculated by taking into account the difference between the pilot line angular position and the ship's angular position and the difference between the pilot line angular turn rate and the ship's angular turn rate.


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Pease, William. (2012). System and method for a marine vessel autopilot (U.S. Patent No. 8265812). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8265812

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