US Patent Issued to RAKUTEN GROUP on Aug. 12 for "Unmanned aerial vehicle control system, unmanned aerial vehicle control method, and program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,609, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to RAKUTEN GROUP INC. (Tokyo).

"Unmanned aerial vehicle control system, unmanned aerial vehicle control method, and program" was invented by Hiroaki Iwase (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A specific object is quickly detected to improve safety of flight. A control unit of an unmanned aerial vehicle control system obtains an image in which surroundings of an unmanned aerial vehicle are captured, the unmanned aerial vehicle being movable in any direction. A control unit for obtaining movement direction information about a movement direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A control unit for spe...