ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,660, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SoftBank Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control device, system, computer-readable storage medium, and control method" was invented by Ryoji Hirai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a control device that is configured to control an aircraft which has a battery, and a base station unit for providing a wireless communication service to a user terminal in a communication area formed by using power of the battery to radiate a beam on a ground, and which is configured to use the power of the battery to fly, the control device including: a battery capacity acquisition unit configured to a...