ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,122, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Marine Technologies LLC (Mandeville, La.).
"System and associated methods for remote control of vessels" was invented by Kjell Erik Larsen (Mandeville, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine and process for remotely controlling a vessel. The system may include a land-based computing system configured to communicate control signals via a communications system that communicates the control signals to the vessel and a controller network on the vessel configured to control at least certain functions of the vessel. The controller network may further be configured to receive the control signals...