US Patent Issued to Metal Raptor on July 15 for "Drone package loading based on package characterization" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,644, issued on July 15, was assigned to Metal Raptor Inc. (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Drone package loading based on package characterization" was invented by Lee Priest (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for loading an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with one or more items is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a Center of Gravity of each of the one or more items and at least one physical characteristic of each of the one or more items. The method also includes categorizing each of the one or more items based on the obtained Center of Gravity and the at least one physical characteristic of the one or more items. The me...