ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,401, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Controller and control method for controlling operation of motorcycle" was invented by Lars Pfau (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with driving of a motorcycle by a rider.A controller that controls operation of the motorcycle, to which a surrounding environment detector is mounted, includes: an acquisition section that acquires information on the surrounding environment of the motorcycle on the basis of output of the surrounding environment de...