MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617073043 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha on June 12, 2026, for Ship Maneuvering Device, Ship Maneuvering Method, And Program.
Inventors include Tsuzuki, Naoyuki; Shinoda, Yoshihisa; Kobayashi, Isao; and Nishimura, Yasutaka.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The present invention provides a ship maneuvering device that controls one or more propulsion machines of a ship according to an operation performed on a controller that is displaceable from a neutral position. The present invention comprises a control unit that, when a first operation of moving the controller from a first position displaced from the neutral position to the neutral position is performed, initiates ship stopping control for stopping the ship at a predetermined stop point by controlling the propulsion force of the one or more propulsion machines.
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