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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Sentera, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brian Eickhoff, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew Muehlfeld, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sentera, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Autonomous vehicles may include one or more onboard devices to perform various actions, such as a still image capture device. In contrast with using an auxiliary communication system to control a payload, a vehicle navigation sensor is used to monitor autonomous vehicle movements to match a predefined vehicle maneuver event, and trigger a payload event based on identification of the vehicle maneuver event. For example, this allows an autopilot system or a remote drone pilot to initiate an image capture device or send other commands based on vehicle maneuver event recognition.