| US 7,389,165 B2 | ||
| Attitude angle control apparatus, attitude angle control method, attitude angle control apparatus control program, and marine vessel navigation control apparatus | ||
| Hirotaka Kaji, Iwata (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 26, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/809,680. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-094697 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0193338 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—21 [703/2; 440/1; 701/123] | 47 Claims |
| 1. An attitude angle control apparatus which controls an attitude angle of a part of a marine vessel, comprising:
a measuring device for measuring the attitude angle of the part of the marine vessel and specific fuel consumption of the
marine vessel or alternative values relating to the specific fuel consumption of the marine vessel;
a statistical model generator for generating a statistical model based on data from the measuring device; and
an attitude angle controller for selecting an optimum attitude angle of the part of the marine vessel based on the statistical
model generated by the statistical model generator.
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