ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,664, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FURUNO ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Nishinomiya, Japan).
"Device and method for shoal detection" was invented by Matthew Clive Taylor (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sonar device including a transmitter, a transducer, and processing circuitry is provided. The transmitter is configured to transmit a transmission signal. The transducer is configured to project ultrasonic waves in a water body, the ultrasonic waves being generated based on the transmission signal; receive reflected ultrasonic waves from one or more objects in the water body; and generate a reception signal based on t...