US Patent Issued to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES on Nov. 3 for "Passenger boarding bridge" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,446, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES LTD. (Takarazuka, Japan).

"Passenger boarding bridge" was invented by Takashi Kunitake (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger boarding bridge includes first and second cameras and a controller. The controller is configured to express a position of various components by using a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system. The cameras capture images of the entrance when the cab is at a standby position. The controller calculates position coordinates of the entrance based on the images, and calculates target position coordinates of a distal end part of ...