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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
John Lyle Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Emad William Saad, Renton, WA (US);
Carson Jonathan Reynolds, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying a position of a mobile platform. Images are provided by a camera system on a first mobile platform. The images include images of a second platform. An identified position of the first mobile platform is generated using the images and the position information for the second platform. The position information for the second platform identifies a location of the second platform.