US 12,228,947 B2
Mobile platform vision sensor systems and methods
Jon Elvira Andres Lund, Hvalstad (NO)
Assigned to FLIR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AS, Hvalstad (NO)
Filed by FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS, Hvalstad (NO)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,135, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390965 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/12 (2013.01) [B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); H04N 23/682 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A mobile platform comprising:
a propulsion system configured to provide motive force for the mobile platform in navigation about an environment;
first and second variable navigation imaging systems;
first and second gimbal systems configured to selectively orient the first and second variable navigation imaging systems, respectively; and
a logic circuit configured to:
control the first gimbal system to selectively direct the first variable navigation imaging system to a first fixation point in the environment;
control the second gimbal system to:
selectively direct the second variable navigation imaging system to a second fixation point in the environment, and
saccade the second variable navigation imaging system between a plurality of fixation points in the environment while the first gimbal system directs the first variable navigation imaging system to the first fixation point; and
navigate the mobile platform about the environment, via the propulsion system, based on first image data associated with the first fixation point and received from the first variable navigation imaging system and second image data associated with the second fixation point and received from the second variable navigation imaging system.