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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventors:
James Paduano, Boston, MA (US);
Terrence McKenna, Manassas, VA (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G08G 9/02 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); G01S 15/93 (2006.01); G01S 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 15/025 (2013.01); G01S 15/93 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle is improved with a navigational system having both cameras and echolocation sensors, each including overlapping fields of view. The cameras and echolocation sensors may be part of an optical and echolocation system, respectively, that may work in conjunction with a global positioning system to determine a course for the autonomous vehicle to reach an objective while detecting and avoid obstacles along the course.