ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,888, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).
"Autonomous rescue vehicle" was invented by Hayk Azatyan (Springfield, Ohio), William Erwin (Oakwood, Ohio), Anthony Ligouri (Bellbrook, Ohio), Travis Rennich (Kettering, Ohio), David Shald (Dayton, Ohio) and Adam Warren (Fairborn, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aquatic rescue vehicle formed by adding directional and speed controls to a watercraft along with an autonomous control system to guide the vehicle to specified waypoints is disclosed. The rescue vehicle includes search device...