ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,787, issued on May 13.
"Directing multiple targets without interference" was invented by John Fazio (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Universal Trajectory Calculators and Directors (UTCD) of the present disclosure may include a UTCD application running on a network that includes a desktop computer or mobile device and one or more servers. The UTCD application calculates trajectories and directs multiple targets or objects simultaneously along those calculated trajectories in two- or three-dimensional space without experiencing interference among the targets and/or with obstacles."
The patent was filed on Feb. 23, 2024, ...