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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Mine Vision Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

L. Douglas Baker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Christopher J. Brown, Acme, PA (US);

Matthew A. Csencsits, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Scott M. Thayer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Mine Vision Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01V 8/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01V 8/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for georeferencing three-dimensional (3D) geometric data associated with a global positioning system (GPS)-denied environment. The system includes an apparatus couplable to a mobile platform and a computing system communicably couplable with the apparatus. The apparatus includes a processing circuit and a range sensor and/or a camera. The computing system includes a 3D generator module configured to generate a digital 3D model of the GPS-denied environment based on data acquired by the range sensor and/or the camera, a 3D survey control generator module configured to identify a survey control point within the GPS-denied environment and generate a 3D digital anchor within the 3D model of the GPS-denied environment, a georeferencing module configured to apply one or more non-rigid transformations to the 3D model of the GPS-denied environment, and a second processing circuit communicably couplable with the 3D generator module, the 3D survey control generator module and the georeferencing module.


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