ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,241, issued on July 15, was assigned to Fluke Corp. (Everett, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for projecting and displaying acoustic data" was invented by Michael D. Stuart (Issaquah, Wash.), Dileepa Prabhakar (Edmonds, Wash.), Joseph V. Ferrante (Redmond, Wash.), Scott M. Tsukamaki (Bothell, Wash.) and Darwin C. Witt (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems can include an acoustic sensor array configured to receive acoustic signals, an illuminator configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, an electromagnetic imaging tool configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, a distance measuring tool, and a processor. The processor...