ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,528, issued on May 5, was assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Apparatus connection method and device, hardware apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Ziqing Tang (Shenzhen, China), Zhilong Chen (Shenzhen, China), Jia Li (Shenzhen, China) and Shengyang Yu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus connection method includes, in response to a mobile apparatus entering a preset mode, detecting one or more connectable apparatuses near the mobile apparatus that are capable of connecting to the mobile apparatus in a first connection mode, determining the UAV from the one or m...