ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,571, issued on May 19, was assigned to SHANGHAI SEAGULL DIGITAL CAMERA Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Camera system for aerial mapping" was invented by Jiantao Qu (Shanghai) and Fuqiang Dong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a camera system for aerial mapping which adopts inter-lens shutter. The system is equipped with DSP module, software system can be developed to realize interaction and integration between camera, drone and other integrated hardware. The system possesses strong applicability and wide range of applications. The system comprises lens, inter-lens shutter, CMOS image sensor module and DSP m...