US Patent Issued to Raymarine UK on July 29 for "Waypoint timeline user interface systems and methods" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,368, issued on July 29, was assigned to Raymarine UK Ltd. (Fareham, Belgium).

"Waypoint timeline user interface systems and methods" was invented by Mark Rivers (Winchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for selecting waypoints using timelines. A waypoint selection system includes a display and a logic device configured to communicate with the display and a position sensor. The logic device is configured to receive user input defining a plurality of navigational waypoints, receive user input defining a timeline comprising a start point and an end point, and render a subs...