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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

May. 22, 2012
Applicants:

Christopher Andrew Smith, Bristol, GB;

Geoffrey James Hester, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Christopher Andrew Smith, Bristol, GB;

Geoffrey James Hester, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

BAE Systems PLC, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0261 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for establishing a route for an autonomous vehicle, the method including: determining localization information for the vehicle with respect to a first frame of reference that is fixed with respect to a current state of the vehicle; determining localization information for the vehicle with respect to a second frame of reference that is fixed with respect to an entity (e.g. Earth), the vehicle being moveable with respect to the entity; establishing a route for the vehicle with respect to the second frame using the localization information for the vehicle with respect to the second frame; transforming the route from the second frame to the first frame; and determining a route for the vehicle with respect to the first frame using the localization information for the vehicle with respect to the first frame and the transformed route.


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