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Vision-aided inertial navigation

US11486707B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2021
Grant dateNov 1, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/027
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.

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