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Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions

US11861896B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Skydio, Inc. · US

Inventors

Samuel Shenghung Wang · Mountain View, US
Vladimir Nekrasov · Adelaide, AU
Ryan David Kennedy · Naperville, US
Gareth Benoit Cross · San Carlos, US
Peter Benjamin Henry · San Francisco, US
Kristen Marie Holtz · Menlo Park, US
Hayk Martirosyan · San Francisco, US
Abraham Galton Bachrach · San Francisco, US
Adam Parker Bry · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions includes using night mode obstacle avoidance intelligence, training, and mechanisms for vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation to enable autonomous flight operations of a UAV in low-light and no-light environments using infrared data.

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