Flir Belgium Bvba

Richard Bowden

Oscar Mendez Maldonado

Celyn Walters

Mark Johnson

Simon Hadfield

James R D Ross

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for water non-water segmentation of navigational imagery to assist in the autonomous navigation of mobile structures. An imagery based navigation system includes a logic device configured to communicate with an imaging module coupled to a mobile structure and/or configured to capture images of an environment about the mobile structure. The logic device may be configured to receive at least one image from the imaging module; determine a water/non-water segmented image based, at least in part, on the received at least one image, and generate a range chart corresponding to the environment about the mobile structure based, at least in part, on the determined water/non-water segmented image and/or the received at least one image.

Water non-water segmentation systems and methods

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide extrinsic sensor calibration for mobile structures. A sensor calibration system includes first and second sensors coupled to a mobile structure and a logic device. The logic device is configured to receive first and second series of pose measurements corresponding to sensor data provided by the respective first and second sensors, determine a set of intermediate calibration transformation estimates corresponding to the first and second sensors based, at least in part, on a scale-dependent calibration error function and/or the first and second series of pose measurements, and determine an ongoing calibration transformation estimate corresponding to the first and second sensors based, at least in part, on the determined set of intermediate calibration transformation estimates.

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Surrey, United Kingdom

Richard Bowden