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US 10,472,086 B2Granted
Sensor-based detection of landing zones
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorWilliam McNeill
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Abstract
A method of detecting a landing zone includes scanning an area using a sensor system to obtain data of the area. One or more markings are identified from the data. The one or more markings are verified as corresponding to an intended landing zone.
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A method of detecting a landing zone, comprising:
- scanning, using a sensor system, an area to obtain data of the area;
- identifying, using a processor, one or more markings from the data, wherein the one or more markings include a runway number identified through optical character recognition;
- verifying, using the processor, the one or more markings as corresponding to an intended landing zone by comparing the identified runway number with a runway number received from a flight control tower;
- and
- autonomously landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the intended landing zone using the verified one or more markings.
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A system for detecting a landing zone, comprising:
- wherein the system is operatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
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- wherein the system comprises:
- a processor operatively connected to one or more sensors and configured to perform machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the UAV to:
- scan an area using the one or more sensors to obtain data of the area;
- identify one or more markings from the data, wherein the one or more markings include a runway number identified through optical character recognition;
- and
- verify the one or more markings as corresponding to an intended landing zone by comparing the identified runway number with a runway number received from a flight control tower;
- wherein the UAV autonomously lands at the intended landing zone using the verified one or more markings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.