US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Jan. 28 for "Updating virtual aerial map using sensors associated with aerial vehicles" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,893, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Updating virtual aerial map using sensors associated with aerial vehicles" was invented by Jean-Guillaume Dominique Durand (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a receiver configured to receive sensor data from one or more aerial vehicles, the sensor data including map data including sensed data related to an aerial view from one or more aerial vehicles of terrain and objects on the terrain. The system may also include a map updating processor in communication with the receiver. The map updating processor may receive the map data and i...