US Patent Issued to Kleon Solutions AS on July 21 for "Method and system for detection a line above ground from a helicopter" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,596, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kleon Solutions AS (Forde, Norway).

"Method and system for detection a line above ground from a helicopter" was invented by Arne Sommerfelt (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for detecting a line above ground from a helicopter during landing of the helicopter in a terrain unfamiliar to the pilot. The method includes providing a first image from a first viewpoint and a second image from a second viewpoint by means of a monocular camera. The camera is mounted to the helicopter and directed towards the ground below the helicopter. The helicopter is in motion between the first...