ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,215, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Attitude detection device" was invented by Daisuke Nojiri (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attitude detection device includes a rudder angle sensor, a speed sensor, an inertia sensor, and a control device. The rudder angle sensor detects a rudder angle of a ship. The speed sensor detects a speed of the ship. The inertia sensor detects information related to an inertial force applied to the ship. The control device finds a centrifugal force applied to the ship on the basis of a signal output from each of the rudder angle sensor and the speed sensor. T...