ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,771, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Stack AV Co. (Mount Pleasant, Pa.).
"Systems, devices, and methods for deploying autonomous emergency signaling drones" was invented by Michel Henri Joseph Laverne (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for deploying a plurality of emergency signaling drones from a base vehicle includes detecting an emergency condition of the base vehicle; deploying the plurality of emergency signaling drones from the base vehicle based on the detected emergency condition; maneuvering the plurality of emergency signaling drones from the base vehicle to a respective plurality of signaling locations;...