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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Applicant:
GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Ltd, Rugby, GB;
Inventor:
Richard Ian Stephens, Rugby, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B63H 25/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0208 (2013.01); B63H 25/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Dynamic positioning systems and methods for controlling thrusters of a vessel. A dynamic positioning system includes a controller configured to predict position and heading of the vessel and efficiently control the the thrusters based on the predicted position and heading.