BOAT
First Claim
1. A boat comprising:
- a plurality of boat propulsion units;
a plurality of control units for controlling the plurality of boat propulsion units; and
a plurality of gauge sections for displaying operation information of the boat propulsion units, the plurality of control units and the plurality of gauge sections connected to each other via a communication network, the control units configured to assign different device instance (DI) numbers to operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion units and configured to transmit the operation information with the assigned device instance number, each gauge section configured to identify the device instance numbers to receive and display the operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion unit,the plurality of control units connected to each other via one or more communication lines, each control unit including a DI-number setting section capable of setting the device instance number, and a determining section capable of determining a position of the boat propulsion unit corresponding to the control unit, the DI-number setting section configured to set the device instance number based on the number of the control units recognized with the one or more communication lines, and the position of the boat propulsion unit determined by the determining section.
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Abstract
A boat capable of assigning device instance numbers in accordance with the placement order of boat propulsion units, irrespective of the activation order of the boat propulsion units, comprises a plurality of control units for controlling a plurality of boat propulsion units. A plurality of gauge sections for displaying operation information of the respective boat propulsion units are connected to each other and to the plurality of control units via a communication network. The respective control units assign device instance numbers to the operation information of the boat propulsion units and transmit the device instance numbers, and the respective gauge sections identify and receive the device instance numbers for display. The control units are connected to each other via a communication line, and respectively include DI-number setting sections capable of setting device instance numbers, and determining sections capable of determining the positions of the boat propulsion units. The DI-number setting sections are adapted to set device instance numbers based on the number of the control units, and the positions of the boat propulsion units.
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20 Claims
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1. A boat comprising:
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a plurality of boat propulsion units; a plurality of control units for controlling the plurality of boat propulsion units; and a plurality of gauge sections for displaying operation information of the boat propulsion units, the plurality of control units and the plurality of gauge sections connected to each other via a communication network, the control units configured to assign different device instance (DI) numbers to operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion units and configured to transmit the operation information with the assigned device instance number, each gauge section configured to identify the device instance numbers to receive and display the operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion unit, the plurality of control units connected to each other via one or more communication lines, each control unit including a DI-number setting section capable of setting the device instance number, and a determining section capable of determining a position of the boat propulsion unit corresponding to the control unit, the DI-number setting section configured to set the device instance number based on the number of the control units recognized with the one or more communication lines, and the position of the boat propulsion unit determined by the determining section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A boat comprising:
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a plurality of boat propulsion units; a plurality of control units for controlling the plurality of boat propulsion units; and a plurality of gauge sections for displaying operation information of the boat propulsion units, the plurality of control units and the plurality of gauge sections connected to each other via a communication network, the control units configured to assign different device instance (DI) numbers to operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion units and configured to transmit the operation information with the assigned device instance number, each gauge section configured to identify the device instance numbers to receive and display the operation information of the corresponding boat propulsion units, each of the control units including a DI-number setting section capable of setting the device instance number, and a determining section capable of determining the position of the boat propulsion unit corresponding to the control unit; the gauge sections connected to each other via a communication line, the device instance numbers with values different from each other being set in advance for each of the gauge sections, each gauge section including a DI-number identifying section capable of identifying and receiving the operation information assigned with the same device instance number as the device instance number set for the gauge section, the DI-number identifying section identifying the corresponding control unit based on the number of the gauge sections and the device instance number, and setting the device instance number in the DI-number setting section of the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A boat comprising:
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a plurality of control units for controlling a plurality of boat propulsion units, the plurality of control units connected to each other via one or more communication lines; a plurality of gauge sections for displaying operation information of the boat propulsion units, the plurality of control units and the plurality of gauge sections connected to each other via a communication network; and means for identifying the ordinal position of the propulsion unit that corresponds to each control unit and each gauge section relative to the plurality of propulsion units, and for transmitting the operation information of said propulsion unit to the corresponding gauge section via the corresponding control unit irrespective of the order in which the propulsion units are activated. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of associating operation information of a plurality of boat propulsion units for a boat, comprising:
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recognizing the number of operating boat propulsion units attached to the boat; determining an ordinal position of each of the operating boat propulsion units; and assigning device instance numbers (DI) in accordance with the positional order of each of the operating boat propulsion units irrespective of the order in which the boat propulsion units are activated. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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