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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
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 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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Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk), a supplier of drone operations and airspace management solutions, has been awarded another patent for their industry leading Dynamic Airspace platform. Continue reading
Vivo has just patented drone-phone, or, as Vivo currently calls it, a “device shell with flight camera“, which appears to be exactly what this sounds like: a smartphone chassis designed to accommodate its very own mini-drone. Continue reading
Representational image : Air Force Technology Transfer and Transition
For the majority of the 21st century AFRL has been designing mini-robotic aircraft to mimic characteristics of insects and birds. Using biomimetics, the application of engineering, chemistry and biology to the synthesis of materials, engineers have created synthetic systems to function and achieve insect-like maneuverability. Continue reading
Duke Robotics Tikad
UAS Drone Corp. announced that Duke Airborne Systems Ltd., its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a patent titled “Stabilization System” with regard to its stabilization technology incorporated in its advanced robotic system. Continue reading
A new noise cancellation patent was granted this week for GoPro with a take on noise cancellation. Continue reading