Operation control apparatus for planing boat
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1. An operation control apparatus for a planing boat, comprising:
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a throttle valve configured to adjust an amount of airflow to the engine;
an accelerator configured to allow an operator to control an opening of the throttle valve;
a mode setting device configured to selectively set one of a normal driving mode and a speed setting mode, wherein the normal driving mode enables the boat to run at a speed in response to an operation amount of the accelerator and the speed setting mode enables the boat to run at a certain speed when a speed setting operating element has been operated; and
an operating state determining device comprising a planing state determining device configured to determine whether or not the planing boat is in a planing state;
wherein the mode setting device is configured to disable and enable mode setting into the speed setting mode depending on whether or not the planing boat is in the planing state.
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Abstract
An operating state determining device can determine whether or not an engine is in a certain operating state. A mode setting device can disable mode setting into a speed setting mode if a certain operating state of the engine has been determined, and can enable mode setting into the speed setting mode if the engine is not in the operating state.
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11 Claims
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1. An operation control apparatus for a planing boat, comprising:
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an engine; a throttle valve configured to adjust an amount of airflow to the engine; an accelerator configured to allow an operator to control an opening of the throttle valve; a mode setting device configured to selectively set one of a normal driving mode and a speed setting mode, wherein the normal driving mode enables the boat to run at a speed in response to an operation amount of the accelerator and the speed setting mode enables the boat to run at a certain speed when a speed setting operating element has been operated; and an operating state determining device comprising a planing state determining device configured to determine whether or not the planing boat is in a planing state; wherein the mode setting device is configured to disable and enable mode setting into the speed setting mode depending on whether or not the planing boat is in the planing state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An operation control apparatus for a planing boat, comprising:
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an engine; a throttle valve configured to adjust an amount of airflow to the engine; an accelerator configured to allow an operator to control an opening of the throttle valve; a mode setting device configured to selectively set one of a normal driving mode and a speed setting mode, wherein the normal driving mode enables the boat to run at a speed in response to an operation amount of the accelerator and the speed setting mode enables the boat to run at a certain speed when a speed setting operating element has been operated; and an operating state determining device configured to determine whether or not the engine is in a certain operating state; wherein the mode setting device is configured to disable mode setting into the speed setting mode if the certain operating state of the engine has been determined, and to enable mode setting into the speed setting mode if the engine is not in the certain operating state; wherein the operation control apparatus further comprises a planing state determining device configured to determine whether or not a hull of the planing boat is in a planing state, wherein the mode setting device is configured to prevent mode setting into the speed setting mode if at least one of the hull is not in a planing state and the engine is in the certain operating state, mode setting device also being configured to and allow mode setting into the speed setting mode if the hull is in the planing state and the engine is not in the certain operating state. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An operation control apparatus for a planing boat, comprising:
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an engine; a power output request device configured to allow an operator of the planing boat to issue a request for power from the engine; a speed control mode input device configured to allow an operator of the boat to issue a speed control mode switching command for switching between a normal mode and a speed control mode; a controller configured to control a power output of the engine based on the request from the power output request device, the controller operating the engine at a speed in response to the request from the power output request device in the normal mode and operating the engine at a speed chosen by the operator with the speed control mode input device; a mode setting device configured to selectively set one of the normal mode and the speed setting mode based in part on the switching command, wherein the normal driving mode enables the boat to run at a speed in response to an operation amount of the accelerator and the speed setting mode enables the boat to run at a certain speed when a speed setting operating element has been operated; and an operating state determining device configured to determine whether or not the planing boat is in a planing state; wherein the mode setting device is configured to disable mode setting into the speed setting mode if the planing boat is not in the planing state, and to enable mode setting into the speed setting mode if the planing boat is in the planing state. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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