US Patent Issued to Skydio on Feb. 10 for "Techniques for previewing and composing panoramic photographs using UAV navigation cameras" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,446, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Techniques for previewing and composing panoramic photographs using UAV navigation cameras" was invented by James Anthony Ferrandini (San Rafael, Calif.), Noah Brian Greene (Astoria, N.Y.), Charles Vanschoonhoven Wood (Cazenovia, N.Y.), Saumya Pravinbhai Shah (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Shreyas Arora (Fremont, Calif.) and Kristen Marie Holtz (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), systems, and methods for capturing panoramic images using cameras onboard a UAV. For example, an embodiment pertains to a UAV...