US Patent Issued to BlueHalo on March 18 for "Method and apparatus for measuring optical turbulence using an unmanned aerial vehicle" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,649, issued on March 18, was assigned to BlueHalo LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Method and apparatus for measuring optical turbulence using an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Alexis Henry Clark (Owens Crossroads, Ala.) and Levi Judah Smolin (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for measuring optical turbulence using 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 mounting element, a three-dimensional anemometer mounted on the mounting element, a first differential temperature sensor m...