Marine automatic steering apparatus
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1. A marine automatic steering apparatus for setting a desired course in a digital fashion, comprising:
- (a) course setting means for setting a desired course and for delivering a desired set course signal;
(b) steering repeater means having a repeater card and a lubber line for delivering a ship'"'"'s heading signal; and
(c) a course deviation indicator located adjacent said repeater card and having a zero point at a position coincident with the lubber line of said steering repeater means for indicating, in analog fashion, a course deviation between said desired set course signal and said ship'"'"'s heading signal, said course deviation being indicated on one or the other side of said zero point.
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Abstract
A marine automatic steering apparatus for setting a desired course in a digital fashion is disclosed, in which a course deviation which is a difference between a set course and a ship'"'"'s heading is indicated in an analog manner on a course deviation indicator whose zero point is set at the position corresponding to the lubber line of a steering repeater card.
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1. A marine automatic steering apparatus for setting a desired course in a digital fashion, comprising:
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(a) course setting means for setting a desired course and for delivering a desired set course signal; (b) steering repeater means having a repeater card and a lubber line for delivering a ship'"'"'s heading signal; and (c) a course deviation indicator located adjacent said repeater card and having a zero point at a position coincident with the lubber line of said steering repeater means for indicating, in analog fashion, a course deviation between said desired set course signal and said ship'"'"'s heading signal, said course deviation being indicated on one or the other side of said zero point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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