US Patent Issued on March 11 for "System and method for newsgathering with an autonomous aerial vehicle" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,377, issued on March 11.

"System and method for newsgathering with an autonomous aerial vehicle" was invented by Henry Hardy Perritt Jr. (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous aerial vehicle equipped to capture high quality video of news is integrated with bonded cellular and blended wireless capabilities and with automated battery replacement stations. This system, and the method for using it, enable individual journalists to transport the autonomous aerial vehicle to the site of breaking news or another newsworthy scene, launch the vehicle in a matter of minutes, and begin capturing video which is strea...