ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,819, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ASELSAN ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. (Kocaeli, Turkey).

"Relative position determination method for multiple unmanned aerial, marine and land vehicles" was invented by Guven Cetinkaya (Ankara, Turkey) and Yakup Genc (Kocaeli, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera-based and direct observation based relative position determination method for multiple unmanned aerial, naval and ground vehicles is provided. The method calculates the relative position between the relevant vehicles in multiple UAV, UNV and UGV systems."

The patent was filed on April 4, 2024, under Application No. 18/62...