US Patent Issued to Hydromea on April 21 for "Unmanned underwater vehicle with an optical communication assembly, an optical communication assembly, and a method of transmitting an optical signal" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,774, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hydromea SA (Renens, Switzerland).

"Unmanned underwater vehicle with an optical communication assembly, an optical communication assembly, and a method of transmitting an optical signal" was invented by Felix Schill (Renens, Switzerland) and Damien Doy (Vevey, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical communication assembly includes a plurality of optical communication modules, each module having at least one optical receiver which can receive optical signals, and at least one optical transmitter which selectively transmits an optical signal. Each module initiates the transmission...