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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Sara Susca, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Viswanath Talasila, Bangalore, IN;
Shrikant Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G01C 23/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises receiving a first frame from at least one imaging device, receiving a second frame from the at least one imaging device, analyzing at least a portion of the first frame and at least a portion of the second frame, and indicating when at least one of a zero velocity update and a zero attitude update should be performed based on at least in part on the analysis of the at least a portion of the first frame and the at least a portion of the second frame. The first frame is captured at a first vantage point and the second frame is captured at a second vantage point.