ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,895, issued on June 3, was assigned to Furuno Electric Co. Ltd. (Nishinomiya, Japan).
"Fish finder system and method" was invented by Tomoo Wada (Ashiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fish finder system for a vessel is provided with an interface to connect with a transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receive a reflected echo signal, and an autopilot device configured to control a rudder being attached to the vessel. Further, the fish finder system is provided with processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the interface and configured to detect a position of a fishing rig, measure a...