US Patent Issued to FarSounder on Feb. 24 for "Three-dimensional forward-looking sonar target recognition with machine learning" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,707, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FarSounder Inc. (Warwick, R.I.).

"Three-dimensional forward-looking sonar target recognition with machine learning" was invented by Matthew Jason Zimmerman (North Kingstown, R.I.), Heath Henley (Warwick, R.I.), Austin Berard (North Smithfield, R.I.) and Evan Lapisky (South Kingstown, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machine learning algorithms can interpret three-dimensional sonar data to provide more precise and accurate determination of seafloor depths and in-water target detection and classification. The models apply architectures for interpreting volumetric data to three-dimensional forw...