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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventor:
Jose Antonio Turalba, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/025 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for processing images. A featureless surface is detected during at least a portion of a flight of an aircraft. A pattern is displayed in a fixed location on the featureless surface while the featureless surface is in a field of view of a camera system carried by the aircraft during at least the portion of the flight of the aircraft. Images of the featureless surface with the pattern in the fixed location using the camera system are generated during at least the portion of the flight of the aircraft.