US Patent Issued to FURUNO ELECTRIC on Feb. 24 for "Underwater detection device and underwater detection method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,710, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FURUNO ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Nishinomiya, Japan).

"Underwater detection device and underwater detection method" was invented by Kohei Iwata (Nishinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater detection device includes a transmitter, a receiver, an actuator, a controller, and a signal processor. The transmitter transmits a transmission wave. The receiver receives a reflection wave of the transmission wave. The actuator rotates the transmitter and the receiver in a mutually synchronized fashion. The controller makes the transmitter transmit a plurality of transmission waves at mutually ...