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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Parag Mohan Kanade, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles Wheeler Sweet, III, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Baginsky Gehlhaar, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/045 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06K 9/00697 (2013.01); G06K 9/4628 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/66 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for detecting an obstacle in a path of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are described herein, including, but not limited to, receiving data from a single image/video capturing device of the UAV, computing a score based on the received data, and performing at least one obstacle avoidance maneuver based on the score.