ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,140, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ACSL Ltd. (Tokyo) and NJS Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Unmanned aerial vehicle, and method for using same" was invented by Kenji Kuroiwa (Chiba, Japan), Yusuke Inagaki (Suita, Japan), Kohei Yamasaki (Funabashi, Japan), Akikazu Onishi (Kawasaki, Japan), Satoshi Katsuoka (Shinjuku, Japan), Yukinori Masuya (Sagamihara, Japan) and Ichiro Okada (Soka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient method for capturing images inside a confined space without the need for direct visual observation by an inspector. Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicl...