Geo-fiducials for UAV navigation
US12099370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30204
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation systems include a UAV charging pad positioned at a storage facility, a plurality of fiducial markers positioned at the storage facility, and a UAV. Each of the fiducial markers is associated with a fiducial dataset storing a position of the corresponding fiducial marker, and the fiducial datasets are stored in a fiducial map. The UAV includes a camera and logic that when executed causes the UAV to image a first fiducial marker, to access from the fiducial map a first fiducial dataset storing the position of the first fiducial marker, and to navigate based upon the first fiducial dataset.
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