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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:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Scott Mayberry, East Point, GA (US);

David Berels, Plymouth, MI (US);

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);

Rajarshi Roychowdhury, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/188 (2020.08); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01);
Abstract

Dead reckoning correction utilizing patterned light projection is provided herein. An example method can include navigating a drone along a pattern using dead reckoning, the pattern having a plurality of lines, detecting one of the plurality of lines using an optical sensor of the drone, determining when a line of travel of the drone is not aligned with the one of the plurality of lines, and realigning the line of travel of the drone so as to be aligned with the one of the plurality of lines to compensate for drift that occurs during navigation using dead reckoning.


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