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Patent No.:

US 12249139 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2023

Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions

Applicant:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Shenghung Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Vladimir Nekrasov, Adelaide, AU;

Ryan David Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gareth Benoit Cross, San Carlos, CA (US);

Peter Benjamin Henry, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kristen Marie Holtz, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Hayk Martirosyan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Abraham Galton Bachrach, Emerald Hills, CA (US);

Adam Parker Bry, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:

Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Clifford Hilaire

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); G06T 5/94 (2024.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 5/94 (2024.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract

Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions includes using night mode obstacle avoidance intelligence, training, and mechanisms for vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation to enable autonomous flight operations of a UAV in low-light and no-light environments using infrared data.

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