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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:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

May. 29, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

John B. Wissler, Waltham, MA (US);

Jeffery Saunders, Quincy, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06N 7/01 (2023.01); G06V 10/48 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 7/01 (2023.01); G06V 10/48 (2022.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0047 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, an apparatus, system, and computer program product for navigating an aircraft. Information indicative of a result of a scan of an environment around the aircraft is received by a computer system for landmarks. Bearings of the landmarks and locations of the landmarks are determined by the computer system. A current position of the aircraft is estimated by the computer system using the bearings of the landmarks and the locations of the landmarks. A set of actions to be performed is determined to guide the aircraft based on the current position of the aircraft is performed by the computer system.


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