ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,460, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AIRSCORT LTD. (Har-Tuv B, Israel).

"Products, systems, and methods for an autonomous drone docking station" was invented by Itai Straus (Moshav Ora, Israel), Yitzhak Tal (Givataim, Israel) and Shimon Yisraelian (Nes Ziona, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a docking station configured for semi-autonomous or fully autonomous management of drones. In various embodiments, the station can identify the exact location and angle of a drone on a landing pad, and modify the location and angle in order for a robot to retrieve a used battery from the drone and also insert a fully ...