ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,123, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Automated trailer loading system for boats" was invented by Amer Abughaida (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Yasir Al-Nadawi (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Sangjae Bae (San Jose, Calif.) and Samir K. Al-Stouhi (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for automatically loading a boat onto a trailer include a boat trailer acting as a centralized fixed point (or leader) for commanding a moving boat (or follower). The boat trailer is equipped with systems and components to identify and track a boat in three-dimensional space; to generate motion planning information ...