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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventor:

Ishay Kamon, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods related to identifying locations and/or ranges to objects using airborne imaging devices are disclosed. An object tracking system may include a plurality of aerial vehicles having associated imaging devices and a control station. Information related to positions and orientations of aerial vehicles and associated imaging devices may be received. In addition, imaging data may be received and processed to identify optical rays associated with objects within the imaging data. Further, a three-dimensional mapping of the identified optical rays may be generated, and locations or ranges of the objects relative to the aerial vehicles may be determined based on any intersections of optical rays within the three-dimensional mapping.


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