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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Subodh Mishra, Bryan, TX (US);
Punarjay Chakravarty, Campbell, CA (US);
Sagar Manglani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sushruth Nagesh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gaurav Pandey, College Station, TX (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A robot can be moved in a structure that includes a plurality of downward-facing cameras, and, as the robot moves, upward images can be captured with an upward-facing camera mounted to the robot. Downward images can be captured with the respective downward-facing cameras. Upward-facing camera poses can be determined at respective times based on the upward images. Further, respective poses of the downward-facing cameras can be determined based on (a) describing motion of the robot from the downward images, and (b) the upward-facing camera poses determined from the upward images.