US Patent Issued to Joby Aero on Nov. 4 for "Sidestripe identification, estimation and characterization for arbitrary runways" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,666, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Sidestripe identification, estimation and characterization for arbitrary runways" was invented by Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel (San Francisco), Alexander Amin Hamid Bridi (Reston, Va.) and Robert Eugene Johnston Timpe (Burlingame, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an Identification Engine. The Identification Engine identifies a portrayal in image data of at least one side stripe of an aircraft runway at a geographical location. The Identi...