US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology on March 31 for "System and method for multi-image-based vessel proximity situation recognition support" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,151, issued on March 31, was assigned to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (Busan, South Korea).

"System and method for multi-image-based vessel proximity situation recognition support" was invented by NamSun Son (Sejong, South Korea), ChunSeon Pyo (Daejeon, South Korea) and HanSol Park (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for multi-image-based vessel proximity situation recognition support is proposed. The system may include an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) configured to detect and track surrounding objects by monitoring surroundings using surrounding images and navigation sensors. ...