ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,205, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Qingdao, China).
"Broadcast-type underwater navigation positioning system and method" was invented by Yang Liu (Shandong, China), Yanxiong Liu (Shandong, China), Menghao Li (Shandong, China) and Guanxu Chen (Shandong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a broadcast-type underwater navigation positioning system and method, wherein the system comprises a base station network consisting of a plurality of underwater base stations distributed on a seabed and a to-be-positioned user terminal located underwater, ...