ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,415, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OKKOLA TECHNOLOGIES LLC (North Wales, Pa.).

"Stationary aerial platform scanning system utilizing measured distances for the construction, displaying terrain features and location of objects" was invented by Louis Caporizzo (North Wales, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for rendering terrain features and distance details on a display is disclosed. This includes a computer-implemented distance measuring apparatus integrated in an aerial stationary platform used for terrain scanning and a computer to control the operation and to display the organized and calculated data. The c...