Patent ID: 9440723
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B63H,G01L

Claim Text:
1. A dynamic positioning system for automatic positioning of a watercraft, namely a ship, comprising: a rudder; a steering engine for adjusting the rudder; a propulsion unit disposed upstream of the rudder; a control device for controlling the steering engine or the propulsion unit; a watercraft position sensing apparatus configured to transmit watercraft position data to the control device; and at least one measuring device to determine measurement data of physical quantities acting on the watercraft; wherein the at least one measuring device is configured to transmit the determined measurement data to the control device, wherein the control device is configured for controlling the steering engine or the propulsion unit based on the watercraft position data and the measurement data, characterised in that the at least one measuring device is configured to determine rudder measurement data of a physical quantity of the rudder and that the control device is configured to take into account the rudder measurement data in regard to the controlling of the steering engine the propulsion unit.