US Patent Issued to FURUNO ELECTRIC on Nov. 18 for "Ship maneuver supporting device and ship maneuver supporting method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,059, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FURUNO ELECTRIC Co. LTD (Nishinomiya, Japan).

"Ship maneuver supporting device and ship maneuver supporting method" was invented by Kazuya Nakagawa (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ship maneuver supporting device capable of displaying a collision risk zone which matches navigation feel of a ship operator with reduced calculation load, is provided. The ship maneuver supporting device 1 includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a collision risk value for determining whether a collision risk zone that is a zone where a possibility of a collision between a...