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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Ashley Alan Napier, Oxfordshire, GB;
Paul Michael Newman, Oxfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/26 (2006.01); G01C 11/12 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/12 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06T 7/204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for localizing a vehicle along a route. The method comprises initially surveying the route to be traversed by the vehicle by creating a plurality of orthographic images of the route, at a plurality of locations along the route and subsequently passing the vehicle along the route while obtaining a current view of the route. The method further comprises resolving a pose of the vehicle relative to a survey trajectory by maximizing a relation between the orthographic images and the current view.