ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,378, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"System for switching sensors when mooring to berth having roof" was invented by Takashi Hashizume (Saitama, Japan), Ryuichi Kimata (Tokyo) and Ryota Hisada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system adapted for a boat having a first sensor including a GNSS receiver detecting a position of the boat, and a second sensor detecting the position of the boat is provided. The control system includes a control unit having a processor, configured to: switch a control mode of the control unit to an automatic docking mode; obtain roof information regarding whethe...