US Patent Issued to Johnson Outdoors on May 19 for "System and method for dynamic navigation routing for inshore and nearshore coastal areas" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,271, issued on May 19, was assigned to Johnson Outdoors Inc. (Racine, Wis.).

"System and method for dynamic navigation routing for inshore and nearshore coastal areas" was invented by Taylor Clark (Dahlonega, Ga.), Thomas J. Schultz (Cushing, Minn.), Brian Laser (Suwanee, Ga.) and Adam Iles (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of providing navigational routing paths through inshore and nearshore coastal areas that include surveyed depth information and visual indications of the suitability of such paths based on particulars of the user's boat and preferences are presented. Adjustments to both an indi...