US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on Sept. 30 for "Automatic maneuvering system, watercraft control device, watercraft control method, and program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,115, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Automatic maneuvering system, watercraft control device, watercraft control method, and program" was invented by Masato Shirao (Yokohama, Japan), Marino Akita (Yokohama, Japan) and Takafumi Oshima (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft of an automatic maneuvering system includes an actuator configured to generate a propulsive force and a turning moment, an operation unit, and a watercraft control device."

The patent was filed on June 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/008,829.

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