ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,361, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for detecting elevated collision risk to a secured marine vessel using a vision system of the marine vessel" was invented by Corey L. Bruno (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Timothy S. Reid (Eden, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting collision risk to a secured marine vessel using a vision system of the marine vessel is provided, the system comprising: a plurality of cameras, including at least a first camera and a second camera, wherein each of the plurality of cameras is configured to be mounted to the marine vessel with an ass...