ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,126, issued on May 19, was assigned to Raymarine UK Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Bird's eye view (BEV) semantic mapping systems and methods using monocular camera" was invented by Mark Johnson (Vannes Cedez, France), James Ross (Fareham, Great Britain), Richard Bowden (Surrey, Great Britain) and Oscar Mendez Maldonado (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bird's eye view (BEV) semantic mapping systems and methods are provided. A method includes receiving an image captured by a monocular camera having a first point of view (POV) of an environment including a plurality of features. The method further includes processi...