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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Vladislav Gavrilets, McLean, VA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system and a method of determining an absolute position of a first vehicle can be used in restricted areas. The system performs operations of or the method includes receiving image data from a vision system mounted on a second vehicle, determining a first location of the second vehicle using at least positions of stars in the image data, providing the first location to the first vehicle, determining a first relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle using at least one signal communicated between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and determining the absolute position using at least the relative location data and the first location.