ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,482, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Hoisting flight director mode" was invented by Alan L. Kritzman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed and may be used for controlling (e.g., stabilizing) a suspended load. The system may include a hoist, an imaging sensor configured to capture images of a swinging of a load suspended from the hoist, and a controller. The controller may include one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions stored in a memory. The program instructions may be configured to cause the one or more ...