ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,326, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SURFLINE/WAVETRAK INC. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Automated detection of features and/or parameters within an ocean environment using image data" was invented by Benjamin Freeston (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated detection of features and/or parameters within an ocean environment using image data. In an embodiment, captured image data is received from ocean-facing camera(s) that are positioned to capture a region of an ocean environment. Feature(s) are identified within the captured image data, and parameter(s) are measured based on the identified feature(s). Th...