ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,277, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"Adaptive feedback control of an optronic sight" was invented by Serge Hirwa (Paris) and Arnaud Quadrat (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optronic sight for a motorized vehicle such as an aerial or marine vehicle propelled by a propeller, or a tracked land vehicle. The optronic sight can include an aiming module, means for moving the aiming module about the first and second axes, and means for continuously measuring angular data. The optronic sight can further include a feedback control loop having means for continuously measuring the acceleration of t...