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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Yugo Kubota, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshii, Nishinomiya, JP;
Ikuo Ezaki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Company Limited, Nishinomiya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B63H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure provides a sail assist device, which includes a wind direction sensor for measuring a wind direction, a ship position acquiring module for acquiring a latitude and a longitude of the ship, and a display module for calculating a layline based on the latitude and longitude of the ship, a latitude and a longitude of a target position of the ship, and the wind direction, with the target position being a reference, and displaying a target mark indicating the target, a ship mark indicating the ship, and the layline.