ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,205, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to YANMAR HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Ship control method, ship control program, and ship control system, and ship" was invented by Tomohiro Sawano (Osaka, Japan), Toru Honjo (Osaka, Japan), Kenji Ogata (Osaka, Japan), Atsushi Yoshida (Osaka, Japan), Yosuke Shimizu (Osaka, Japan), Gakuji Tamura (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Kajikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Jumpei Sawada (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control method of a ship is used for the ship. The ship is equipped with a plurality of power sources including a first power source and a second power source, and has a plurality of propul...