ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,980, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for identifying a landing zone, computer program and electronic device therefor" was invented by Olivier Lemoine (Merignac, France), Nicolas Lepron (Merignac, France) and Matthieu Grossetete (Merignac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for identifying a landing zone and for displaying on a head-up display system onboard an aircraft, a symbol conforming to the landing zone, the aircraft being apt to fly over a terrain and to land on the landing zone of the terrain. The aircraft is a helicopter, a drone or an electric aircraft with ve...