ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,955, issued on April 8.
"Drone device" was invented by Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial drone device includes sensors and cameras to acquire information and content. The aerial drone device acquires depth information and navigates based on the acquired information and content, including avoiding an obstacle. The aerial drone device generates a depth map which is used to track an object. The aerial drone device is able to be re-positioned to avoid an obstruction using the depth map and obstruction analysis."
The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/504,782.
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