ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,107, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Corvus Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Docking station for an aerial drone" was invented by Thomas Marc Cornew (Portola Valley, Calif.), Mohammed Hanif Kabir (Mountain View, Calif.) and Bryan Salvatore Monti (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drone docking station for an aerial drone is provided. The drone docking station includes a platform and a drone positioning device. The platform includes a drone landing area. The drone positioning device is disposed on the platform. The drone positioning device includes a sidewall disposed around the drone landing area and a ...