ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,989, issued on April 22, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Map view" was invented by Joseph Anthony Enke (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining an altitude of a camera of an aerial vehicle, determining a field of view (FOV) of a camera, generating a localized map, determining a relative position of the aerial vehicle on the localized map, and determining a relative heading of the aerial vehicle."
The patent was filed on July 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/218,918.
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