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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Timothy Schmidt, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Roderick S. Duplin, Jupiter, FL (US);
Robert S. Takacs, Oxford, CT (US);
Karl B. Scherer, Jupiter, FL (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Aerial navigation is disclosed. A system can receive, via a camera coupled to the aerial vehicle, image frames of a platform. The system can generate, via a first model trained with machine learning on reference patterns, a feature map that identifies a predetermined pattern. The system can input, responsive to recognition of the predetermined pattern, a feature map generated by the first model into a second model trained with machine learning on slope-intercept functions. The system can determine, based on an offset of the zone in the image frame and the orientation of the aerial vehicle relative to the zone, a vector between the aerial vehicle and the zone. The system can provide for display, via a display device communicatively coupled to the computing system, an indication of the vector overlayed on a digital representation of the image frame.