ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,002, issued on May 20, was assigned to FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Methods and devices for estimating a frequency deviation" was invented by Daisuke Kimura (Ashiya, Japan) and Yusuke Toyoda (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a frequency deviation estimation device for estimating a frequency deviation upon receiving a digitally modulated non-repetitive signal. The frequency deviation estimation device is equipped with an instantaneous frequency measurement module, a minimum frequency detection module, and a frequency deviation calculation module. The instantaneous frequen...