ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,326, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to JOBY AERO INC. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Detecting and avoiding conflicts between aircraft" was invented by Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel (San Francisco), Marc Francois Xavier Piette (Orinda, Calif.), Evan Michael Wilson (San Francisco), Anne-Claire Le Bihan (San Mateo, Calif.) and Marc Alain Lecerf (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes a display and an avoidance system. The avoidance system is configured to determine a first predicted trajectory of the aircraft, determine a second predicted trajectory of an additional aircraft, and determine a conflict zone volum...