A leading Chinese aerospace firm has filed a patent for a faster and more stable way to launch military drones that it says could help bring them into line with systems used by armed forces elsewhere. Continue reading
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Russian Researchers Patent Counter-Drone Swarm Design
Specialists of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense have invented a new way to deal with a swarm of small drones. Its essence lies in spraying a field of fragments from a quadrocopter over a protected object, follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.
Apellix Gets Nondestructive Testing Drone Patent
Apellix has announced that has been granted its sixth full patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING AN ELEVATED SURFACE SENSOR, US 11,235,890 for its aerial robotic systems with robotic arms and end effectors that perform physical work or tasks, during flight, while in contact with an elevated surface. Continue reading
Woolpert Gets Patent for High-Altitude, High-Resolution Topographic and Bathymetric Lidar Technologies
Woolpert has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its “Airborne Topo-Bathy Lidar System and Methods Thereof.” A lidar sensor system was developed by a multidisciplinary research and development team incorporating these technologies that enable the collection of high-resolution topographic and bathymetric data at a higher altitude, resulting in a broader swath than previously developed lidar systems. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Awarded 6th Patent for Drone Delivery Technology
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. announced that on November 23, 2021, the United States Patent Office granted a patent 11,181,933 for DDC’s patent application titled ‘Location for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing and Taking Off’. Continue reading
Two Patent Applications from Apple Hidden in Singapore Reveal Drone Device
On November 11, the US Patent & Trademark Office published two patent applications from Apple that relate to drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The first covers a system and method for pairing/unpairing UAVs to/from UAV controllers. Continue reading
Apple Drone Patent Describes UAS in Cellular Networks
In March Patently Apple posted an IP report titled “Apple has Won a Patent relating to Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” and more importantly relating to drones connected to cellular networks. Below is Apple’s patent FIG. 9 from the March patent that illustrates a three-dimensional space for which an optimum scanning angle has been determined for a particular drone location. Continue reading
DJI and AUTEL Settle Patent Dispute
DJI Technology, the world’s largest maker of drones, and rival Autel Robotics have settled a five-year-old patent-infringement dispute on the eve of a trial in Delaware, according to people familiar with the agreement.
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