ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,491, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for adjusting flight control of an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Pablo Lema (Burlingame, Calif.) and Shu Ching Ip (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned aerial vehicle including an image sensor and one or more processors. The image sensor is carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle and is configured to generate output signals conveying visual information. The one or more processors include a distance component and a flight control component. The distance component configured to determine a distance between an ...