ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,825, issued on June 30, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Tether-based wind estimation" was invented by Ivan Qiu (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes causing an aerial vehicle to deploy a tethered component to a particular distance beneath the aerial vehicle by releasing a tether connecting the tethered component to the aerial vehicle. The method also includes obtaining, from a camera connected to the aerial vehicle, image data that represents the tethered component while the tethered component is deployed to the particular distance beneath the aerial vehicle. The method additio...