US Patent Issued to Skydio on June 23 for "Magic wand interface and other user interaction paradigms for a flying digital assistant" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,790, issued on June 23, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Magic wand interface and other user interaction paradigms for a flying digital assistant" was invented by Abraham Bachrach (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Adam Bry (Redwood City, Calif.) and Matthew Donahoe (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described for new paradigms for user interaction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (referred to as a flying digital assistant or FDA) using a portable multifunction device (PMD) such as smart phone. In some embodiments, a magic wand user interaction paradigm is described for intuitive contro...