US 12,249,139 B2
Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions
Samuel Shenghung Wang, Mountain View, CA (US); Vladimir Nekrasov, Adelaide (AU); Ryan David Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US); Gareth Benoit Cross, San Carlos, CA (US); Peter Benjamin Henry, San Francisco, CA (US); Kristen Marie Holtz, Menlo Park, CA (US); Hayk Martirosyan, San Francisco, CA (US); Abraham Galton Bachrach, Emerald Hills, CA (US); and Adam Parker Bry, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,416.
Application 18/515,416 is a continuation of application No. 17/707,841, filed on Mar. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,861,896.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,827, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0169719 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); G06T 5/94 (2024.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/17 (2022.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 5/94 (2024.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
training a learning model based on a training image produced by combining darkened RGB color data and simulated infrared illumination range data associated with an input image captured using a camera and an infrared light of an unmanned aerial vehicle;
providing the learning model for use by the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
navigating the unmanned aerial vehicle using the learning model to detect one or more objects while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a night mode configuration.