ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,981, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Pano AI Inc. (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for mapping coverage of monitoring stations" was invented by John Robinson Royero (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The solutions provide simulated mapping coverage of monitoring stations based on topography data and modeling. A system can identify structures on which to mount camera systems to monitor an asset in a region. The system can determine, based on locations of structures input into a topography model of the region, respective coverage areas associated with the candidate structures. The system can execute a simula...