ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,006, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for detecting hazards in a marine environment using a vision system of a marine vessel" was invented by Aadish Dilip Naik (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting and warning users of hazards in a marine environment using a vision system of a marine vessel is provided, the system comprising: an imaging device mounted to the marine vessel with an associated field of view of the marine environment, which includes water; and a processor configured to: identify, based on image data from the imaging device, an object in the en...