ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,956, issued on June 17, was assigned to AUTEL ROBOTICS Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Vehicle flight control method and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicle, and unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Tianbao Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiment of the present invention are a flight control method and apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The flight control method for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: obtaining an obstacle position and an obstacle orientation of each obstacle within a preset range around the unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating a push-pull coeffici...