US Patent Issued to BlueHalo on Feb. 3 for "Method and apparatus for measuring extinction using an unmanned aerial vehicle" (Alabama, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,891, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BlueHalo LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Method and apparatus for measuring extinction using an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Alexis Henry Clark (Owens Crossroads, Ala.), Steven Fiorino (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Kevin Keefer (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus used to determine atmospheric extinction coefficients in conjunction with an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle may include a central body, at least one motor operatively connected to the central body, a condensation particle detection payload, and a data acquisition boar...