ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,775, issued on May 20, was assigned to MARITIME ADVANCED VIDEO TECHNOLOGY (Kiel, Germany).

"System for monitoring the operation of a ship" was invented by Michael Wessel (Kiel, Germany), Hinrich Kahl (Kiel, Germany), Markus Werner (Kiel, Germany), Oliver Welzel (Kiel, Germany) and Karsten Wurm (Kiel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for monitoring the operation of a ship comprising a plurality of sensors, which are designed to monitor equipment of the ship and/or people and objects on board the ship, a central computer connected to the sensors in a communicating manner, and a plurality of repor...