Dead reckoning correction utilizing patterned light projection

• Main Authors: Roychowdhury, Rajarshi, Mayberry, Scott, Ghannam, Mahmoud Yousef, Berels, David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.05.2023
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HELICOPTERS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING

Dead reckoning correction utilizing patterned light projection is provided herein. An example method can include navigating a drone along a pattern using dead reckoning, the pattern having a plurality of lines, detecting one of the plurality of lines using an optical sensor of the drone, determining...