ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,518, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Urugus S.A. (Montevideo, Uruguay).
"System for planetary-scale analytics" was invented by Emiliano Kargieman (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Gerardo Gabriel Richarte (Caba, Argentina).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart satellite system is capable of decision making and prioritization on the fly to optimize the use of downlink bandwidth to deliver prioritized data based upon opportunity and the resources of available payloads. By providing a satellite system with substantial processing power and a level of autonomy, the satellite is able to make decisions about capturing imagery data, including i...