ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,317, issued on March 3, was assigned to TidalX AI Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Underwater camera system" was invented by Anne LaBine (San Francisco), Samuel Gregory (San Jose, Calif.), Bianca Bahman (San Francisco) and Terry Allan Smith (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater camera system includes a camera assembly configured to scan a seabed while submerged under water and moving in a direction of travel. A buoyant support is coupled to the camera assembly and configured to position the camera assembly under water during the moving in the direction of travel. A stabilization assembly is coupled to the camer...