ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,888, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).
"Precise localization and mapping of altitudinal systems over dynamic surfaces" was invented by Kurt M. Chankaya (Keller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying a precise localization and mapping of an altitudinal system with respect to dynamic surfaces is presented. The method includes receiving a time-dependent map of a patch of a dynamic surface. The time-dependent map is captured by a first altitudinal system having a known location with respect to the dynamic surface. The method includes receiving a terrain map of a first set of...