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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Stefan Alexander Schwindt, Cheltenham, GB;
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Abstract
An aerial vehicle is provided. The aerial vehicle can include a plurality of sensors mounted thereon, an avionics system configured to operate at least a portion of the aerial vehicle, and a machine vision controller in operative communication with the avionics system and the plurality of sensors. The machine vision controller is configured to perform a method. The method includes obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, determining performance data from the avionic system or an additional sensor of the plurality of sensors, processing the sensor data based on the performance data to compensate for movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle, identifying at least one geographic indicator based on processing the sensor data, and determining a geographic location of the aerial vehicle based on the at least one geographic indicator.