US 12,459,666 B2
Sidestripe identification, estimation and characterization for arbitrary runways
Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Amin Hamid Bridi, Reston, VA (US); and Robert Eugene Johnston Timpe, Burlingame, CA (US)
Assigned to Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,452.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300666 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/64 (2022.01); B64D 45/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01)
CPC B64D 45/08 (2013.01) [G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/647 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10036 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
capturing two-dimensional (2D) image data via one or more cameras of an aircraft;
identifying a portrayal in image data of at least one side stripe of an aircraft runway at a geographical location;
predicting a center point of the 2D image data;
determining respective placement of edges in the 2D image data of a bounding box based on the predicted center point;
applying a three-dimensional (3D) map of the geographic location to the portrayal of the at least one side stripe in the image data;
based on applying the 3D map, determining a current position of the aircraft in the 3D map with respect to the aircraft runway at the geographical location; and
generating bounding box output data that includes the placement of edges in the 2D image data.