ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,310, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Botsitter LLC (Rowlett, Texas).
"Method and system for remote monitoring of vegetation" was invented by Krystalk R. Womble (Dallas) and Robert L. Piccioni (Rowlett, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the remote care of an item of vegetation used as a potential source of food for an animal, to include at least one of a proximity tag, RFID tag, transponder device, a predetermined machine-readable pattern, and geo-location device associated with the item of vegetation, and an aerial drone. The aerial drone includes a microprocessor, a sensor coupled to the microprocessor and configu...