US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on Sept. 1 for "Watercraft auto-docking system and watercraft auto-docking method" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,408, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Watercraft auto-docking system and watercraft auto-docking method" was invented by Juan Pablo Afman (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Thomas Gurriet (Acworth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft auto-docking system basically includes a user interface and a digital controller. The user interface includes a display monitor. The digital controller includes a processor, a computer memory and an I/O interface. The user interface is connected to the I/O interface. The digital controller is configured to select a target dock for docking a watercraft in an auto-d...