The Boeing Company

Jason J Rock

Justin Cleve Hatcher

Jacob A Lucas

Trent M Kyono

Aspects of the disclosure provide solutions for determining a position of an object in a video frame. Examples include: receiving a segmentation mask of an identified object in a video frame; adjusting a 3D representation of a moveable part of the object based on constraints for the moveable part; comparing the 3D model of the object to the segmentation mask of the object; determining a match between the 3D model of the object to the segmentation mask of the object is above a threshold; and based on the match being above the threshold, determining a position of the object.

Pose detection of an object in a video frame

Aspects of the disclosure provide solutions for automated air-to-air refueling (A3R) and assisted air-to-air refueling. Examples include: receiving a video frame; identifying an aircraft to be refueled from within the video frame; segmenting the video frame to generate a segmentation mask matching the aircraft within the video frame; based on at least the segmentation mask, determining a position of a fuel receptacle on the aircraft; determining a position of a boom tip of the aerial refueling boom; and controlling the aerial refueling boom to engage the fuel receptacle based on at least the position of the fuel receptacle and the position of the boom tip.

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Tukwila, WA, United States of America

Jason J Rock