ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,642, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TidaIX AI Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Characterising wave properties based on measurement data using a machine-learning model" was invented by Thomas Robert Swanson (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Riva Gulassa (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for estimating wave properties of a body of water. A computer-implemented system obtains measurement data for a duration of time from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) onboard an underwater device, generates model input data based on at least the me...