US Patent Issued to Raymarine UK on Feb. 24 for "Sonar bottom reacquisition systems and methods" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,692, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Raymarine UK Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Sonar bottom reacquisition systems and methods" was invented by Reid Ruland (Nashua, N.H.) and Philip Webb (Fareham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide reliable and relatively quick bottom reacquisition in sonar systems for mobile structures, including three dimensional (3D) capable and/or multichannel sonar systems. A sonar system includes a sonar transducer and associated processing and control electronics and optionally orientation and/or position sensors disposed substantially ...