US 11,990,045 B2
Periphery recognition support system and method for personal watercraft
Toshiyuki Tsubone, Kobe (JP); Shuichi Miyanishi, Kobe (JP); Tokishin Nishinaka, Kobe (JP); and Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,175.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012090 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 3/02 (2006.01); B63B 34/10 (2020.01); B63B 43/18 (2006.01); B63B 49/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/93 (2020.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 3/02 (2013.01) [B63B 34/10 (2020.02); B63B 43/18 (2013.01); B63B 49/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/93 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 19 Claims
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1. A periphery recognition support system for a personal watercraft,
the periphery recognition support system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive position related data related to a positional relation between a personal watercraft and a peripheral object around the personal watercraft;
determine whether a type of the peripheral object is a human floating on or in water or the type of the peripheral object is a non-human;
determine whether or not the position related data satisfies a warning condition that varies depending on whether or not the type of the peripheral object is the human, the warning condition when the type of the peripheral object is the human being different from the warning condition when the type of the peripheral object is the non-human; and
based on the determination of whether the type of the peripheral object is the human:
output a warning signal indicating that the type of the peripheral object is the human, in response to determining that the warning condition is satisfied; or
output a warning signal indicating that the type of the peripheral object is not the human, in response to determining that the warning condition when the type of the peripheral object is the non-human is satisfied.