ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,497, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (Guangzhou, China) and GuangZhou Cheng'an Testing LTD. of Highway & Bridge (Guangzhou, China).

"Underwater detection device and control method thereof" was invented by Bingcong Chen (Guangzhou, China), Jiyang Fu (Guangzhou, China), Airong Liu (Guangzhou, China), Jiaqiao Liang (Guangzhou, China), Jianting Cheng (Guangzhou, China), Yanqing Li (Guangzhou, China) and Guowei Liu (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater detection device includes a surface drive boat and an unmanned underwater vehicle. The surface drive boat includes: a hull; transverse attit...