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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David Ray Riley, Chesterfield, MO (US);
John N. Sanders-Reed, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); B64D 39/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/74 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/06 (2013.01); B64D 39/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/74 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/933 (2013.01); G05D 1/0684 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0095 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aerial positioning systems and methods include a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) device mounted to a hub and one or more reflectors attached to a portion of an aircraft and configured to encode information scanable by the LIDAR device. The LIDAR device is configured to scan a field of view to identify the one or more reflectors and reflector encoded information to determine reflector position data.