ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,014, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Furuno Electric Co. Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Image generating device, ship information displaying method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium" was invented by Naohiro Kanamaru (Amagasaki, Japan) and Koji Nishiyama (Toyonaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an image generating device capable of making a situation around a ship comprehensive. The image generating device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires ship data indicative of a two-dimensional position of a ship on a water surface. The processing circuitry places a three-dim...