ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,454, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Navigation orbit calculation device, navigation orbit calculation method, and recording medium" was invented by Yuta Asano (Tokyo), Takehiro Nishiyama (Tokyo) and Akihiko Honda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation orbit calculation device includes an observable region calculator and a navigation orbit calculator. The observable region calculator calculates an observable range observable by a sensor mounted on a spacecraft. The navigation orbit calculator calculates a navigation orbit that includes an observation start point included in the observa...