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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2020
Applicants:

Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (US);

Inventors:

Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan, Ammon, ID (US);

Michael L. Wheeler, Greenwood, IN (US);

Roger Lew, Moscow, ID (US);

Dakota Roberson, Shelley, ID (US);

Lloyd M. Griffel, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Roger Boza, Miami, FL (US);

Michael W. Thompson, Bokeelia, FL (US);

Assignees:

Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); B64U 101/31 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); B64U 2101/31 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments relate to unmanned vehicle navigation. A navigation system may include one or more processors configured to communicatively couple with an unmanned vehicle. The one or more processors may be configured to receive an image from the unmanned vehicle and detect a feature within the image. The one or more processors may be further be configured to determine a location of the unmanned vehicle based on the feature and convey one or more commands to the unmanned vehicle based on the location of the unmanned vehicle. Associated methods and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.


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