US Patent Issued to Skydio on Jan. 28 for "Enhanced unmanned aerial vehicle flight with situational awareness for moving vessels" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,355, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Enhanced unmanned aerial vehicle flight with situational awareness for moving vessels" was invented by James Anthony Ferrandini (San Rafael, Calif.), Jeremy Christopher Crowley (Redwood City, Calif.) and Kristen Marie Holtz (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprises a flight control system and an electromechanical system directed by the flight control system. The flight control system is configured to track a position of a beacon that is in motion and monitor a difference between an actual position of the unman...