US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on July 21 for "System for and method of controlling watercraft" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,481, issued on July 21, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"System for and method of controlling watercraft" was invented by Makoto Ito (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a watercraft includes a sensor to detect a position of a watercraft user, and a controller. When the watercraft user is not in an allowed area including a watercraft operating position, the controller is configured or programmed to stop a marine propulsion device or control the marine propulsion device to decelerate a watercraft. When the watercraft user is in a first region, the controller is configured or...