ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,186, issued on July 29, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Lighting apparatus for remote controlled device" was invented by Simon Saito Nielsen (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and Samy Kamkar (West Hollywood, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a remote control device or drone, which has software and a combination of lights or LED on an lighting ring or apparatus that can move independently of the drone; the drone can be programmed or be reactive to sound or other stimulus to create the effect of writing shapes or words in the air and typically at nighttime against a dark sky."
The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2023...