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Navigation by a video-camera sensed ground array

US4866626A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 18, 1987
Grant dateSep 12, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 18, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/005
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Navigation by interpretation of images of parallelogram corner points of a ground beacon array. A video camera senses images of the beacon array and a computer interprets the images to provide attitude and location of the platform, on which the camera is mounted, relative to the array.

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