ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,204, issued on July 8, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"System, device and method for controlling an uncrewed aerial vehicle at public safety incidents" was invented by Joseph C. Namm (Chicago), Nicholas G. Cafaro (Chicago), Melanie A. King (Chicago) and Jimmy Zong (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification provides systems, devices and methods for controlling an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) at a public safety incident. An example method contemplates placing a UAV in a shadow mode that follows a firefighter's movements throughout the PSI while monitoring voice activity while the UAV performs ...