ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,110, issued on July 7, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Watercraft control system and watercraft control method" was invented by Juan Pablo Afman (Marietta, Ga.) and Thomas Gurriet (Acworth, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft control system comprises a digital controller that controls outboard propulsion units to produce a predetermined lateral thrust to hold a watercraft against a docking structure during a dock holding mode, sets at least one of a target position and a target heading based on at least one of a current position and a current heading during the dock holding mode, and performs a co...