Patent ID: 7403841
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. A control system for controlling a heading of a ship to be controlled, said control system comprising: a heading of the ship acquisition section for sequentially acquiring instantaneous values of the heading of the ship; a timing judgment section for sequentially determining a time duration of each of specific kinds of behaviors of the ship based on the values of the heading of the ship acquired by the heading of the ship acquisition section; a behavior pattern judgment section for sequentially determining a behavior pattern which each of the behaviors of the controlled ship matches from among multiple behavior patterns based on the values of the heading of the ship acquired by the heading of the ship acquisition section during the time duration of each of the behaviors sequentially determined by the timing judgment section; a control parameter storage section for storing control parameters in correlation with each of the multiple behavior patterns; a control parameter read-out section for sequentially reading out the control parameters stored in the control parameter storage section in correlation with the behavior pattern which each of the behaviors of the controlled ship matches as determined by the behavior pattern judgment section; and a control section for controlling a steering device of the controlled ship based on the control parameters sequentially read out by the control parameter read-out section.