Patent ID: 11866134
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A small watercraft system comprising:
a watercraft body;
a watercraft body manipulation structure that is mounted on the watercraft body and through which a watercraft body manipulation command is input by an operator;
a drive source that is mounted on the watercraft body and that allows the watercraft body to plane;
means for steering that is mounted on the watercraft body and that allows the watercraft body to be steered; and
means for controlling that is mounted on the watercraft body and that is configured to control the drive source and the means for steering to operate the watercraft body, the means for controlling including a processor, wherein
the processor is configured to determine whether a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including an operator's absence condition that the operator is absent from the watercraft body, and
upon determining that the mode switching condition is satisfied, the processor is configured to execute an operator-absent manipulation mode in which the processor moves the watercraft body by controlling the drive source and the means for steering based on an operator-absent manipulation command independent of the watercraft body manipulation command.