ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,497, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to InTerra Inc. (Huntsville, Ala.).
"Mapping apparatus and method" was invented by Peter L. Funk (Huntsville, Ala.), Brian A. Keyser (Huntsville, Ala.) and Lawrence J. Donelson Jr. (Huntsville, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant application provides a system comprising at least one or more receiver units and one or more targets which work in conjunction with a users' existing aerial drone to improve the accuracy of photogrammetric data collection."
The patent was filed on March 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/683,596.
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