Remote vehicle state estimation systems and methods
AssigneePropeller Aerobotics Pty Ltd
InventorsRory Leon San Miguel, Frederick James Greer, Angus Keatinge, Ben Vincent Brown, Kevin John Smith, Christopher Francis Cooper, Tony Qi Ye Luk, Per Arne Hallström
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Abstract
Systems and methods to perform remote monitoring on a vehicle are described. One embodiment determines a state of a vehicle, where data associated with the vehicle is collected and logged. The data is transmitted to a data server. The data is processed, and vehicle information is extracted from the data. A state of the vehicle is determined based on the vehicle information.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- collecting data associated with a vehicle, wherein the data is collected by a vehicle information transmitter;
- the vehicle information transmitter logging the data;
- the vehicle information transmitter transmitting the data to a data server;
- the data server processing the data;
- the data server extracting vehicle information from the data responsive to the processing, wherein the vehicle information includes a terrain elevation;
- the data server determining a state of the vehicle based on the vehicle information;
- the data server generating a temporal history associated with the state;
- and
- the data server generating a three-dimensional map of the terrain based on the temporal history.
An apparatus to determine a state of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle information transmitter physically coupled to the vehicle;
- and
- a data server communicatively coupled to the vehicle information transmitter, wherein the vehicle information transmitter collects data associated with the vehicle, wherein the vehicle information transmitter logs the data, wherein the vehicle information transmitter transmits the data to the data server, wherein the data server is configured to:
- store the data;
- extract vehicle information from the data, wherein the vehicle information includes a terrain elevation;
- determine a state of the vehicle based on the vehicle information;
- generate a temporal history associated with the state;
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- generate a three-dimensional map of the terrain based on the temporal history.
A method to calibrate a vehicle information transmitter associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
- establishing a first reference point and a second reference point at a remote location, wherein the first reference point and the second reference point are located on a terrain on which the vehicle is positioned;
- defining a line joining the first reference point and the second reference point;
- traversing, by the vehicle, a path relative to the line;
- storing, by the vehicle information transmitter, a plurality of position data points associated with the path;
- transmitting, by the vehicle information transmitter, the position data points to a computing system;
- interpolating, by the computing system, the position data points;
- computing, by the computing system, a height of the vehicle information transmitter relative to the first reference point and the second reference point, and computing, by the computing system, a height of the vehicle information transmitter relative to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.