ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,364, issued on June 9, was assigned to Jenoptik Smart Mobility Solutions LLC (Jupiter, Fla.).

"Method and system for estimating the length of a vessel" was invented by Tadas Orentas (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating at least a length of a vessel comprises monitoring of a scene by a camera, wherein the camera provides a first plurality of two-dimensional images of the scene At least one reference object is detected in at least one two-dimensional image of the first plurality of two-dimensional images and a pixel position and at least a pixel width of each of the reference objects are determined. Furt...