Patent ID: 11945563
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 17:
18. A method of selecting a master lever of a marine vessel, the marine vessel including a propulsion control processor and an operator station having a port side lever and a starboard lever, the method comprising:
activating, by the propulsion control processor, a synchronization operation mode of the marine vessel;
activating, by the propulsion control processor, an automatic master lever selection operation;
qualifying, by the propulsion control processor, the port side lever and the starboard side lever;
actuating, by an operator of the marine vessel, one of the port side lever and the starboard side lever;
setting, by the propulsion control processor, a master lever corresponding to the actuated one of the port side lever and the starboard side lever; and
operating the marine vessel in the synchronization operation mode pursuant to a throttle position of the master lever.