公开(公告)号：US10281928B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15601069

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: Brunswick Corporation

Inventor： Chad J. Behling ,  Kenneth G. Gable ,  Matthew D. Jarrell

IPC: B63H20/10 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B63B1/22 ,  B63B45/00 ,  B63B45/08 ,  G01S19/13 ,  B63J99/00

Abstract: A system for a marine vessel operating in a body of water includes a trimmable marine device coupled to and movable with respect to the vessel and an actuator that raises and lowers the marine device. A control module is in signal communication with the actuator. A GPS receiver determines a current and/or predicted global position of the vessel, and a processor accesses a memory storing bathymetry data and retrieves a water depth corresponding to the vessel's current and/or predicted global position. The control module compares the water depth to a depth of the marine device based on the marine device's current position. The actuator raises the marine device in response to the control module determining that the water depth is not enough to accommodate the depth of the marine device at the current position without potential collision between the marine device and the body of water's bottom.

公开(公告)号：US20180335788A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15601069

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: Brunswick Corporation

Inventor： Chad J. Behling ,  Kenneth G. Gable ,  Matthew D. Jarrell

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B63B1/22 ,  B63H20/10 ,  B63B45/00 ,  B63B45/08 ,  G01S19/13

CPC classification number: G05D1/0875 ,  B63B1/22 ,  B63B45/00 ,  B63B45/08 ,  B63B2201/02 ,  B63B2201/04 ,  B63B2726/00 ,  B63H20/10 ,  B63J2099/006 ,  G01S19/13

Abstract: A system for a marine vessel operating in a body of water includes a trimmable marine device coupled to and movable with respect to the vessel and an actuator that raises and lowers the marine device. A control module is in signal communication with the actuator. A GPS receiver determines a current and/or predicted global position of the vessel, and a processor accesses a memory storing bathymetry data and retrieves a water depth corresponding to the vessel's current and/or predicted global position. The control module compares the water depth to a depth of the marine device based on the marine device's current position. The actuator raises the marine device in response to the control module determining that the water depth is not enough to accommodate the depth of the marine device at the current position without potential collision between the marine device and the body of water's bottom.