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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Flir Unmanned Aerial Systems As, Hvalstad, NO;
Flir Systems Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Jon Elvira Andres Lund, Asker, NO;
FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS, Hvalstad, NO;
Abstract
Localization and mapping systems and related techniques are provided to improve the operation of unmanned mobile sensor or survey platforms. A localization and mapping system includes a logic device configured to communicate with a single element rangefinder (SER) coupled to a mobile platform, where the SER is configured to provide ranging sensor data indicating a distance between the SER and a surface within a survey area. The logic device generates a horizontal planar occupancy map, generates a vertical planar occupancy map, and determines a three-dimensional occupancy map based on the horizontal planar occupancy map and the vertical planar occupancy map.