ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,525, issued on Nov. 11.

"Chain anchor real-time computing and hydro-mechanics integrated drag identifier" was invented by Orestis Skoutellas (Nicosia, Cyprus), Mario Ferre (Naples, Italy), Jacob David Bendell (Wichita, Kan.), Benjamin Caleb Abt (Bastrop, Texas) and Nicholas James Anderson (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a monitoring system may include an enclosure defining a void. The enclosure may be configured to be mounted to a floating vessel. The monitoring system may also include a camera system disposed within the void and coupled to the enclosure. The camera system may be configured to transmit a...