US 12,325,503 B2
Marine vessel maneuvering support system, and marine vessel
Takuya Murayama, Shizuoka (JP); and Masaru Tamaki, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,977.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-187172 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150640 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63H 25/42 (2006.01); B63H 25/46 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/02 (2013.01) [B63H 25/42 (2013.01); B63H 25/46 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marine vessel maneuvering support system comprising:
a steering apparatus including a wheel portion supported rotatably with respect to a hull;
mode switches provided on the wheel portion and operable to execute lateral thrust generation modes to generate a thrust that moves the hull in a lateral direction;
paddles provided on the steering apparatus and operable to cause a thrust to be applied to the hull in a front-rear direction; and
a controller configured or programmed to control at least two propulsion devices and execute the lateral thrust generation modes in accordance with instructions from the mode switches; wherein
the controller is configured or programmed to control at least one propulsion device of the at least two propulsion devices to generate or change the thrust in the front-rear direction acting on the hull and thereby move the hull in the front-rear direction in response to operations of the paddles when the lateral thrust generation mode is being executed.