ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,895, issued on March 17, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Guided landing with UAVs" was invented by Radha Mohan De (Howrah, India) and Suman Patra (Kolkata, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) having a ground map stored therein are employed to assist an aircraft in landing at an airfield. A determination is made that the aircraft requires assistance landing at the airfield. Instructions are sent to the one or more UAVs to synchronize a flight path with the aircraft. The one or more UAVs receive sensor data regarding conditions surrounding the aircraft...