Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
Reexamination Certificate
2004-07-20
2008-08-26
Camby, Richard M. (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
C701S021000, C248S550000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07418324
ABSTRACT:
A look-ahead detection system (LADS) that actively controls the suspension of at least some of the seats in a watercraft to drastically reduce the shock and/or vibrations experienced by passengers within the seats caused by waves, other water conditions and/or the bending of the craft as it travels through the water. The look-ahead detection system utilizes downward-looking sensors to help the system predict when the craft will strike the water and how strong the impact will be. That is, the look-ahead detection system uses the sensors to look forward in time and down in space.
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Holford John M.
Napoletano, Jr. Francis (Frank) M.
Simon David E.
Swinbanks Malcolm A.
Camby Richard M.
Dickstein & Shapiro LLP
VSSL Commercial, Inc.
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