Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring.

Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall.

This October-ish roundup lands on the beautifulHunters Moon!

Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers

Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 21,220 patents and published over 23,486 patent applications.

Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base.

The technology includes analyzing facial features of users images, including distinct regions, characteristic of faces, etc.

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Finally, each user is presented with a list of look-alike users and they may connect with each other.

The patent tool mentions that individuals have a natural affinity for people who look like them.

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Who knows, maybe you have some famous doppelgangers out there.

However, a majority of users are still reluctant in giving up controls of their vehicles to a computer.

Suddenly, the SDV slows down in what is acting like an open roadway.

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This would certainly be scary for you.

This results in a destructive interference.

Therefore, the net noise from the drone is significantly reduced.

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The new less noisy drones will allow Amazon to serve their customers better and their noise-sensitive neighbors.

Most armed forces have used fixed wing drones; however, these drones have some disadvantages.

They also occupy a lot of space when not in use.

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The patent system discloses design of an expendable rotary wing unmanned drone.

The figure below shows the drone in closed and open positions.

The drone can be launched directly from the tube vertically into flight within seconds on receiving a command.

Further, these drones may be launched from land, sea, and air platforms.

PatentYogi team discovered 7 patent applications filed by Facebook related to the various aspects of the Manifold camera.

The multiple lenses are set in a way to capture an entire 360-degree scene.

For example, the edges of a captured image may be blurred and may be cropped out.

Look out for the latest lunar cycle-based patent update every full moon.

Next up isBeaver Moonin late November.

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Dhiraj is alicensed patent practitionerwith the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

He also publishes videos on futuristic patents every week on hisYouTube channel (PatentYogi).

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