ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,110, issued on June 16.

"Water buoy data processing" was invented by John W. Tauriac (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a water buoy, a power system generates electrical energy from water kinetics and transfers the electrical energy to a sensor array, processing circuitry, and communication interface. In the water buoy, the sensor array detects buoy locations, water velocities, water velocity directions, and wind speeds. In the water buoy, the processing circuitry aggregates the detected buoy locations, the detected water velocities, the detected water velocity directions, and the detected wind speeds into data mes...