US 12,394,083 B2
Methods and apparati for intensified visual-inertial odometry
Richard Madison, Bedford, MA (US); Olegs Mise, North Andover, MA (US); Brian Haight, Windham, NH (US); and Robert Atac, Batavia, IL (US)
Assigned to Thales Defense & Security, Inc., Clarksburg, MD (US)
Filed by Thales Defense & Security, Inc., Clarksburg, MD (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,383.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,379, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094104 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [A42B 3/042 (2013.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30212 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by an imaging system, comprising:
receiving a first image;
amplifying a luminous intensity of the first image to generate a second image;
digitally capturing the second image;
acquiring, contemporaneously with receiving the first image or capturing the second image, spatial information of the imaging system;
associating the second image with the spatial information; and
generating at least one of a position or an orientation of the imaging system based on the second image and the spatial information.