US 12,405,349 B2
Position locating system, marine vessel, and trailer for marine vessel
Hiroshi Inoue, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,193.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-122618 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033273 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 5/16 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 5/16 (2013.01) [B63B 79/10 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position locating system comprising:
a laser scanner on a first object, that is one of a marine vessel and a trailer for the marine vessel, to reciprocatingly scan a predetermined range in a horizontal direction with laser light;
a laser light receiver on a second object, that is the other of the marine vessel and the trailer, to receive laser light emitted from the laser scanner; and
a position locator configured or programmed to locate relative position information between the marine vessel and the trailer based on light receiving timings when the laser light emitted from the laser scanner is received by the laser light receiver.