ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,901, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Busan, South Korea).

"System and method for measuring water depth using radar image processing" was invented by Moonjin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Sung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong Myung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an apparatus and a method for measuring water depth. In order to solve a problem of water depth measurement apparatuses and methods in the related art, provided are a system and a method for measuring water depth using radar image processing, wherein an underwater environment, such ...