US Patent Issued to NEC on Nov. 3 for "Information processing device for detecting space-object maneuvers" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,453, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing device for detecting space-object maneuvers" was invented by Jun Yoshida (Tokyo), Makoto Tanaka (Tokyo) and Masatoshi Ebara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The information processing device 2X includes a data acquisition means 32X and a maneuver detection means 33X. The data acquisition means 32X acquires time series data indicating an observed position and time of a space object equipped with a propulsion system. The maneuver detection means 33X detects a maneuver by use of the propulsion system of the space object, based on the time series data."...