ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,204, issued on July 29, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Autonomous drone diagnosis" was invented by Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for autonomously performing and/or facilitating drone diagnostic functions. Prior to a mission of a UAV, an inspection station comprising at least one imaging sensor and at least one directional force sensor may be used to perform a plurality of air worthiness inspections and/or maintenance checks with little to no human intervention. Once the UAV has been determine...