ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,447, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Aerial vehicle landing pad with sensors" was invented by Larry Joe Robb (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Christopher Semanda Musoke (Cambridge, Mass.), Dianne Anderson (Aubrey, Texas) and Kristina Freismuth (Satellite Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is an aerial vehicle landing pad configured to capture various metrics regarding landing of an aerial vehicle thereon. The landing pad may be formed of layers, such as one or more sensors layers enclosed in protective layers. The landing pad may include elements with force sensors to sense a force of a...