VESSEL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SMALL VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20150089427A1
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: AKUZAWA, Shu
• Granted Patent: US 10,126,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 20/12 Means enabling steering
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 20/20 with provision for reverse drive
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 2020/003 Arrangements of two, or more outboard propulsion units
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0206 specially adapted to water vehicles

Abstract

A vessel display system includes a display device, an autopilot screen display unit displaying on the display device an autopilot screen for an autopilot mode, an automatic berthing control screen display unit displaying on the display device an automatic berthing control screen for an automatic berthing mode of automatically controlling a propulsion device and a steering mechanism to make the vessel berth at a berthing target position, a destination approach condition judging unit judging whether or not a predetermined destination approach condition, indicating that the vessel has come close to the destination, is satisfied, and a screen transition control unit automatically making the display on the display device transition from the autopilot screen to the automatic berthing control screen when the destination approach condition judging unit judges that the destination approach condition is satisfied.

Claims

1. A vessel display system comprising:

a display device;

an autopilot screen display unit that is configured to display, on the display device, an autopilot screen for an autopilot mode of automatically controlling a course of a vessel so as to guide the vessel to a destination;

an automatic berthing control screen display unit that is configured to display, on the display device, an automatic berthing control screen for an automatic berthing mode of automatically controlling a propulsion device and a steering mechanism so as to make the vessel be berthed at a berthing target position;

a destination approach condition judging unit that is configured to judge whether or not a predetermined destination approach condition, indicating that the vessel has come close to the destination, is satisfied; and

a screen transition control unit that is configured or programmed to automatically make the display on the display device transition from the autopilot screen to the automatic berthing control screen when the destination approach condition judging unit judges that the destination approach condition is satisfied.

2. The vessel display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a peripheral image display unit that is configured to display, on the display device, a peripheral image that is an actual image of a periphery of the vessel; and

a berthing target position approach condition judging unit that is configured to judge whether or not a predetermined berthing target position approach condition, indicating that the vessel has come close to the berthing target position, is satisfied;

wherein

the screen transition control unit is configured or programmed to make the display on the display device transition automatically from the automatic berthing control screen to the peripheral image when the berthing target position approach condition judging unit judges that the berthing target position approach condition is satisfied.

3. The vessel display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a current position acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a current position of the vessel;

wherein

the autopilot screen includes a map information including the current position of the vessel acquired by the current position acquisition unit.

4. The vessel display system according to claim 3, wherein the automatic berthing control screen includes the current position of the vessel acquired by the current position acquisition unit and includes a map information that is more detailed than the map information included in the autopilot screen.

5. The vessel display system according to claim 1, wherein the destination approach condition includes a condition that a distance between the current position of the vessel and the destination is not more than a predetermined distance.

6. The vessel display system according to claim 1, wherein the destination approach condition includes a condition that a current position of the vessel is within a predetermined area that includes the destination.

7. The vessel display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a touch panel provided on a display surface of the display device;

wherein

the autopilot screen includes a destination icon indicating the destination; and

the vessel display system further comprises a destination change accepting unit that is configured to accept an operation of changing the destination by moving the destination icon on the display surface of the display device by operating the touch panel when the autopilot screen is displayed on the display device.

8. The vessel display system according to claim 7, wherein the automatic berthing control screen includes a berthing target position icon indicating the berthing target position;

and

the vessel display system further comprises a berthing target position change accepting unit that is configured to accept an operation of changing the berthing target position by moving the berthing target position icon on the display surface of the display device by operating the touch panel when the automatic berthing control screen is displayed on the display device.

9. The vessel display system according to claim 8, wherein the berthing target position change accepting unit is configured to accept an operation of changing a berthing attitude of the vessel at the berthing target position by changing a direction of the berthing target position icon on the display surface of the display device by operating the touch panel when the automatic berthing control screen is displayed on the display device.

10. A vessel comprising:

a hull;

a propulsion device mounted on the hull;

a steering mechanism mounted on the hull;

the vessel display system according to claim 1; and

a vessel running controlling apparatus, which includes the autopilot mode and the automatic berthing mode in control modes to control the propulsion device and the steering mechanism, configured such that the control mode automatically transitions from the autopilot mode to the automatic berthing mode when the destination approach condition is satisfied.