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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Australian National University, Canberra, AU;
Shan Wang, Lawson, AU;
Yanhao Zhang, Aranda, AU;
Akhil Perincherry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ankit Girish Vora, Northville, MI (US);
Hongdong Li, Lyneham, AU;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Australian National University, Canberra, AU;
Abstract
A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to determine top key points from one of an aerial feature map or one or more ground feature maps and project the top key points as corresponding lines on the other of the aerial feature map or the one or more ground feature maps. The memory includes instructions to determine a depth estimate for the top key points on the corresponding lines. A high-definition estimated three degree-of-freedom pose of a ground view camera is determined in global coordinates by iteratively determining geometric correspondence between the top key points and the corresponding lines until a global loss function is less than a user determined threshold.