ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,014, issued on May 5, was assigned to FURUNO ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Ship information exchange device, ship information exchange method and ship information exchange program" was invented by Daisuke Kimura (Ashiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ship information exchange device capable of reducing a demodulation processing load is provided. The ship information exchange device includes a receiver, a generator, a detector, and a demodulator. The receiver receives a radio signal. The generator generates reception data of a plurality of channels used for transmission of ship information based on the radio signal. The de...