ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,226, issued on July 14, was assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Photographing device and system, carrier apparatus, control system, and expansion component" was invented by Dexi Li (Shenzhen, China), Shun Ma (Shenzhen, China), Zeyuan Xuan (Shenzhen, China), Yifeng Sun (Shenzhen, China) and Zhou Yang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photographing device may include an image sensor to capture a first image; a first quick release interface to detachably connect with at least one expansion structure; and a first processor configured to: control the photographing device to perform an operation based...