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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2019
Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, CN;
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture configured to operate an aerial vehicle are provided. Various embodiments may be implemented with an aerial vehicle. In one exemplary implementation, a method of operating an aerial vehicle may include identifying, from image data, a set of predetermined features based on one or more invariant properties associated with the predetermined features. The predetermined features may be associated with predetermined physical locations. Based on the image locations of the predetermined features within the image data and the predetermined physical locations of the predetermined features, a system may be configured to determine at least one of a location and an orientation of the aerial vehicle. The disclosed embodiments may provide enhanced accuracy, usability, and robustness in tracking the location and orientation of an aerial vehicle under various operation conditions.