ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,775, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Universal scanning system for sonar" was invented by Jayme J. Caspall (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a sonar image is provided comprising receiving first sonar data from a sonar transducer assembly when it is oriented in a first orientation, receiving first orientation data, and causing an actuator to generate movement of the sonar transducer assembly so it moves from the first orientation to a second orientation. The method includes receiving second sonar data from the sonar transducer assembly when it is oriented in the second or...