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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Bear Flag Robotics, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ameer Ellaboudy, Newark, CA (US);
Aubrey C. Donnellan, San Mateo, CA (US);
Austin Chun, San Jose, CA (US);
Igino C. Cafiero, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David E. Bertucci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thuy T. Nguyen, Albany, CA (US);
Bear Flag Robotics, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for agricultural lane following are described. For example, a method includes accessing range data captured using a distance sensor connected to a vehicle and/or image data captured using an image sensor connected to a vehicle; detecting a crop row based on the range data and/or the image data to obtain position data for the crop row; determining, based on the position data for the crop row, a yaw and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to a lane bounded by the crop row; and based on the yaw and the lateral position, controlling the vehicle to move along a length of the lane bounded by the crop row.