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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dinuka Abeywardena, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kyle Krafka, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/47 (2010.01); G05D 1/611 (2024.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); G05D 105/20 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01); G05D 111/10 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/73 (2023.01); G05D 1/611 (2024.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G05D 2105/20 (2024.01); G05D 2109/20 (2024.01); G05D 2111/10 (2024.01);
Abstract
A technique of camera exposure control for vision-based navigation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes acquiring an aerial image of a ground area below the UAV with an onboard camera system of the UAV, estimating a visual motion factor based on a speed of the UAV and an altitude of the UAV, and adjusting an exposure control setting of the onboard camera system based on the visual motion factor.