ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,493, issued on May 20, was assigned to Spookfish Innovations PTY LTD (Bentley, Australia).

"Aerial camera system" was invented by Simon Cope (Burswood, Australia) and Michael Von Bertouch (Bicton, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerial camera systems are disclosed, including an aerial camera system that comprises at least one camera arranged to capture a plurality of successive images; the at least one camera being rotatable such that the field of view of the camera traverses across a region of the ground that includes multiple different swathes extending in different directions, the at least one camera having a steering mir...