Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sailing user interface systems and methods
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Application No.: US15256353Application Date: 2016-09-02
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Publication No.: US10527429B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Christopher Daniel Gatland , Gregory W. Wells , Mark Johnson , Marcel Tremblay
- Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G01C21/20 ; B63B49/00

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide sailing information to users of a mobile structure. A sailing user interface system includes a logic device in communication with a compass or orientation sensor, a wind sensor, and/or a speed sensor. Sensor signals provided by the various sensors are used to determine a heading and a wind direction for the mobile structure, which can be referenced to Magnet North. The wind direction and heading may be used to orient a sail chart rendered by the logic device. The sail chart graphically indicates the heading of the mobile structure relative to the wind direction and a performance contour for the mobile structure. The sail chart may be displayed to a user to refine manual operation of the mobile structure, and the information rendered in the sail chart may be used to autopilot the mobile structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160370187A1 SAILING USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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