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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sanjiv Singh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lyle Chamberlain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sebastian Scherer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Benjamin Grocholsky, Oakland, CA (US);
Vladimir Brajovic, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for autonomously estimating the position and orientation ('pose') of an aircraft relative to a target site are disclosed herein, including a system including a plurality of beacons arranged about the target site, wherein the plurality of beacons collectively comprise at least one electromagnetic radiation source and at least one beacon ranging radio, a sensor system coupled to the aircraft including an electromagnetic radiation sensor and a ranging radio configured to determine a range of the aircraft relative to the target site, and a processor configured to determine an estimated pose of the aircraft based on at least: (i) detected electromagnetic radiation, and (ii) time-stamped range data for the aircraft relative to the target site.