ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,899, issued on June 23, was assigned to THINKWARE Corp. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"3D space data generation method, device and computer program for flight guidance of aircraft" was invented by Yo Sep Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Suk Pil Ko (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Shin Hyoung Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D space data generation method for flight of an aerial vehicle may include receiving map data for a 3D space in which the aerial vehicle flies, and dividing a space into a flight area in which the aerial vehicle flies and a restricted area in which the aerial vehicle does not fly based o...