ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,952, issued on March 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sensor calibration system for watercraft and watercraft" was invented by Marudan Kiji (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor calibration system (5) for watercraft (1), comprising: a primary environment sensor (7A, 8A) configured to detect an external object including a first or second region of the watercraft and a distance to the external object, and mounted to a part of the watercraft; and a processor (11) for processing an output of the primary environment sensor, wherein the processor is configured to identify a bow (1a) of the watercraft fr...