US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Dec. 23 for "Marine propulsion control system and method with proximity-based velocity limiting" (Illinois, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,207, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine propulsion control system and method with proximity-based velocity limiting" was invented by Brandon L. Tate (Walnut Hill, Ill.) and Stephen P. Landers (South Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion control system on a marine vessel is provided, the propulsion control system comprising: a propulsion device configured to propel the marine vessel; proximity sensors configured to generate proximity measurements indicative of a proximity of an object with respect to the marine vessel; a processor configured to: receive proximity information...