AUTOMATIC BERTHING SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT

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AUTOMATIC BERTHING SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250128797 titled 'AUTOMATIC BERTHING SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT

Original Abstract Submitted

an automatic berthing system for watercraft, comprising: an environment sensor configured to detect objects around own watercraft; and a control unit configured to control the watercraft, and including a processor for processing an output of the environment sensor, wherein the processor is configured to create an environment map containing outer profiles and positions of the objects according to an output of the environment sensor; to extract vacant berthing spots from the environment map; and to select an optimum berthing spot that has a size suitable for the own watercraft to berth thereat from the extracted vacant berthing spots.