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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:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventors:

Igor Janjic, Malden, MA (US);

Jae-Woo Choi, Lexington, MA (US);

Franklin Wu, Watertown, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01C 21/12 (2006.01); G01S 19/49 (2010.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); G01C 21/12 (2013.01); G01S 19/49 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object-tracking system is disclosed. The tracking system is designed for environments where global positioning system (GPS), radio frequency (RF), and/or cellular communication signals are unavailable. The system is configured to use camera-captured images of the surrounding environment in conjunction with inertial measurements to perform visual and/or traditional odometry. An object detection algorithm and/or tracking scheme may be used to detect objects within the captured images, to help determine a user position relative to the objects. The detector architecture may be configured to allow for target (and/or object) agnostic camera detection and/or tracking that is easily configurable and/or reconfigurable depending on for the type of object to be detected and/or tracked.


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