ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,719, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to National Formosa University (Yun-Lin Hsien, Taiwan).

"On-board redundant controller and standby aviation sensors in-flight reconfigurable autonomous flight system" was invented by Huan-Jung Lin (Yun-Lin Hsien, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an on-board redundant controller and standby aviation sensors in-flight reconfigurable autonomous flight system, which includes UAV, primary autopilot module, secondary autopilot module and switching module. The primary autopilot module and secondary autopilot module are equipped with first aviation sensing module and ...