US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Feb. 18 for "Aerial vehicles with proximity sensors for safety" (Israeli, Romanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,318, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Aerial vehicles with proximity sensors for safety" was invented by Assaf Bata (Netanya, Israel), Gheorghe Panaghiu (Iasi, Romania) and Yair E. Gheva (Zichron Yaakov, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial vehicle or another system having moving components may be configured with a capacitive sensing system for detecting body parts of humans or other animals within proximity. The capacitive sensing system includes conductive components provided in association with surfaces of housings within which motors rotate propellers or other objects. The capacit...