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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Beck, Kansas City, MO (US);
Michael A. Fleming, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G05D 3/20 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); B66F 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/20 (2013.01); B66F 17/006 (2013.01); G05D 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); B66F 11/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system which uses one or more camera units with embedded processors to measure the relative translation and/or rotation between different members on an aerial device. Image data from each unit is processed and transmitted processing to the position control system of the aerial device, and used to determine the position of an aerial element of the device.