ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,084, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ShipIn Systems Inc. (Newton, Mass.).
"System and method for automatic detection of maritime blackout events" was invented by David J. Michael (Waban, Mass.) and Osher Perry (Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a system and method for detecting events related to a main power failure/blackout conditions on a commercial maritime vessel by visual detection of changes in the environment of one or more onboard areas that are visually affected by blackouts. One or more camera(s) acquire image(s) of the area to detect changes in ambient lighting that provide evidence of...