ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,411, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AeroVironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).
"System and method for drone tethering" was invented by Gaemus Collins (San Diego), Allan Matthew (San Diego) and David Twining (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system and method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tethered from a mobile platform, the UAV system comprising: a UAV comprising one or more sensors, and one or more propellers; a tether attached to the UAV and to the mobile platform; a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and a memory; and a ...