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US 12,762,966 B2Granted
Sensing system with multi-sensor fusion
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMichael Brandon Schwiesow
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Abstract
An object classification system for a vehicle detects, with a computing device, a first field of view with a first sensor and a second field of view with a second sensor, each sensor mounted on the vehicle. The computing device may fuse the first field of view with the second field of view to form a unified detection report, which may be used to automate portions of a taxiing operation in response to information in the unified detection report.
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A sensing system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a plurality of first sensors, wherein each of the plurality of first sensors comprises a first field of view;
- a plurality of second sensors, wherein each of the plurality of second sensors comprises a second field of view;
- and
- a computing device connected to each of the plurality of first sensors and each of the plurality of second sensors, wherein the plurality of first sensors and the plurality of second sensors are mounted on the vehicle,
- wherein the computing device fuses data from the plurality of first sensors and the plurality of second sensors into a unified detection report,
- wherein the computing device automates portions of a taxiing operation in response to information in the unified detection report, and
- wherein the computing device assigns a first sensor from among the plurality of first sensors to a second sensor from among the plurality of second sensors after computing an auction price for a detection of the first sensor such that an object detected within a field of view of the first sensor is located within a field of view of the second sensor.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, with a computing device, a first field of view with a first sensor and a second field of view with a second sensor, each sensor mounted on a vehicle;
- fusing, with the computing device, the first field of view with the second field of view to form a unified detection report;
- and
- automating, with the computing device, portions of a taxiing operation in response to information in the unified detection report,
- wherein the computing device assigns the first sensor to the second sensor after computing an auction price for a detection of the first sensor such that an object detected within a first field of view of the first sensor is located within a second field of view of the second sensor.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, with a computing device, a first field of view with a first sensor and a second field of view with a second sensor, each sensor mounted on an aircraft;
- fusing, with the computing device, the first field of view with the second field of view to form a unified detection report;
- generating, with the computing device, an automation task in response to information in the unified detection report;
- determining, with the computing device, a destination for the automation task;
- and
- automating, with the computing device, portions of a taxiing operation by executing the automation task via the destination,
- wherein the computing device assigns the first sensor to the second sensor after computing an auction price for a detection of the first sensor such that an object detected within a field of view of the first sensor is located within a field of view of the second sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.