Aerial vehicle sensor positioning

Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV"), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in...

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Main Authors Grenier, Taylor David, Welsh, Ricky Dean, O'Brien, Barry James, Watson, Joshua John, LeGrand, III, Louis Leroi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.03.2022
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
HELICOPTERS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV"), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017015997