US 12,230,141 B2
Watercraft share-ride system, a watercraft share-ride method, and a computer for a watercraft
Hiroshi Inoue, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,988.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-069436 (JP), filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312815 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B63G 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G08G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 3/00 (2013.01) [B63B 35/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/203 (2013.01); B63B 2035/004 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watercraft share-ride system for inviting a user to share a ride on an owner's watercraft, the watercraft share-ride system comprising:
a computer;
an owner terminal to provide watercraft information of an owner and first share-ride condition information of the owner to the computer, the watercraft information including watercraft-body information, engine information, and equipment information;
a user terminal to provide second share-ride condition information of the user to the computer; and
a watercraft including a communicator to communicate with the computer; wherein
the computer is configured or programmed to:
provide the watercraft information to the user terminal when the first share-ride condition information and the second share-ride condition information match; and
acquire share-ride request information corresponding to the watercraft information that is used as data for the user terminal to request a share-ride when the watercraft information is selected by the user terminal.