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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Daniel T. Phillips, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10044 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating an image from raw sensor data. In one embodiment, the method comprises reading a plurality of raw sensor data sets from one or more sensors at a plurality of sensor inertial states, generating an estimate of each of the plurality of sensor inertial states, and while retaining each of the raw sensor data sets, generating an image, the image generated at least in part from the plurality of estimated sensor inertial states and the plurality of raw sensor data sets, and generating an updated estimate of at least one of the sensor inertial states, the updated estimate of the at least one of the sensor inertial states generated at least in part from the generated image and the plurality of estimated sensor inertial states. Finally, an enhanced image is generated from the retained raw sensor data sets and the updated estimate of the at least one of the sensor inertial states.


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