US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 11 for "Marine navigation systems, methods, and user interfaces" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,523, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine navigation systems, methods, and user interfaces" was invented by Brandon L. Tate (Walnut Hill, Ill.) and Jason S. Arbuckle (Horicon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling navigation for a marine vessel includes receiving a user input via a user input device identifying at least one selectable priority for path planning, defining a prioritized navigation pathway through a marine navigation area based on the at least one selectable priority for path planning indicated by the user input between a vessel location and a navigation targe...