US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on March 31 for "Control system for watercraft, method for controlling watercraft, and watercraft" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,844, issued on March 31, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Control system for watercraft, method for controlling watercraft, and watercraft" was invented by Hiroshi Inoue (Shizuoka, Japan) and Hidehiko Harada (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a watercraft includes a device on or in the watercraft, a sensor, and a computer. The sensor is operable to detect status data indicating a status of the device. The computer is configured or programmed to store a decision logic to determine whether or not a malfunction or trouble of the watercraft has occurred, and determine whether or...