ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,543, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Asylon Inc. (Philadelphia).
"Precision landing system" was invented by Brent McLaughlin (Savage, Md.), Damon C. Henry (Philadelphia), Adam I. Mohamed (Philadelphia), Justin Kantor (Morrisville, Pa.), Tal Bass (West Chester, Pa.) and Eric Timmons (Medford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A precision landing system is described for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system may include one or more anchors configured for placement in proximity to a landing zone, a tag configured for securement to the UAV where the tag wirelessly communicates with at least three or more of the anchors. A contr...