Patent ID: 8583300

Claim:
An automatic stabilization unit for watercraft comprising: an electronic regulator that executes a closed loop control process that stabilizes a water attitude of the watercraft during movement of the watercraft, while moving straight ahead and turning, as a function of movement-situation-dependent rotation rates({dot over (κ)},{dot over (φ)},{dot over (ψ)}) and longitudinal accelerations and/or lateral accelerations and/or vertical accelerations (α xM , α yM , α zM ) measured by sensors including a yaw rate sensor, using lateral actuating devices of the watercraft, and a helmsman demand detection unit that is connected to the sensors of the watercraft in order to identify a movement situation of moving straight or turning based on a signal of the yaw rate sensor, wherein the closed-loop control process being executed by the electronic regulator depends on the movement situation identified, such that: when the movement situation of the watercraft is identified as moving straight ahead in response to the signal from the yaw rate sensor being within a tolerance band, the lateral actuating device is actuated to reduce a roll angle of the watercraft, and when the movement situation of the watercraft is identified as turning in response to the signal from the yaw rate sensor being outside the tolerance band, the lateral actuating device is actuated to control the roll angle of the watercraft to reduce lateral force on the watercraft.