Watercraft Track Display by Maneuvering Mode for Clear Route Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of displayed travel tracks increases, it becomes difficult to discriminate individual travel tracks from each other, making it challenging to identify them effectively on a display.
Innovation Solution
A watercraft maneuvering control apparatus that includes a position detector, a watercraft maneuvering mode selector, a propulsion device controller, and a track display controller to record and display track data based on selected watercraft maneuvering modes, using different display attributes such as color and line type to differentiate tracks according to the mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple travel tracks are displayed to record watercraft maneuvers, then the information completeness is improved, but the track discrimination difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by assigning different colors to track segments based on the maneuvering mode in which they were recorded. The display controller displays track data with color differentiation corresponding to different maneuvering modes (e.g., automatic following mode, manual mode), enabling users to easily distinguish between tracks recorded in different modes while preserving complete track information.
2Ease of operation
If track data is divided and displayed by maneuvering mode, then the track identification ease is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing track data into segments corresponding to different maneuvering modes. The display controller automatically segments and displays track data with different visual characteristics (colors, line types) based on the maneuvering mode during which each segment was recorded, improving identification ease without requiring complex manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing the association between maneuvering modes and display attributes (colors, line types) in the control system. This preliminary configuration enables automatic differentiation of track segments without requiring real-time complex processing, thus improving track identification while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.
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AI summary
A watercraft maneuvering control apparatus for controlling a propulsion device of a watercraft in watercraft maneuvering modes includes a position detector to detect a position of the watercraft, a watercraft maneuvering mode selector operable by a user to select one of the watercraft maneuvering modes, a propulsion device controller configured or programmed to control the propulsion device in the selected watercraft maneuvering mode, a track display controller to generate track display data to display a track of the watercraft, and a display to display the watercraft track. The track display controller is configured or programmed to record track data, record watercraft maneuvering mode division information to divide the track data based on a watercraft maneuvering mode, and generate the track display data to display the watercraft track divided according to classification of the watercraft maneuvering modes.