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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Torsten A. Staab, Bristow, VA (US);
Steven B. Seida, Wylie, TX (US);
Jody D. Verret, Rockwall, TX (US);
Richard W. Ely, Lewisville, TX (US);
Stephen J. Raif, Sachse, TX (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
Subject matter regards generating a 3D point cloud and registering the 3D point cloud to the surface of the Earth (sometimes called 'geo-locating'). A method can include capturing, by unmanned vehicles (UVs), image data representative of respective overlapping subsections of the object, registering the overlapping subsections to each other, and geo-locating the registered overlapping subsections.