System and/or method for directed aircraft perception
AssigneeMerlin Labs, Inc.
InventorsMatthew George, Alexander Naiman, Michael Pust, Joseph Bondaryk
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Abstract
The method can include performing inference using the system; and can optionally include training the system components. The method functions to automatically interpret flight commands from a stream of air traffic control (ATC) radio communications. The method can additionally or alternatively function to train and/or update a natural language processing system based on ATC communications. Additionally, the method can include or be used in conjunction with collision avoidance and/or directed perception for traffic detection associated therewith.
Claims21
A system for an aircraft, comprising:
- a radio receiver;
- a camera system onboard to the aircraft;
- a flight management system of the aircraft;
- and
- a processing system communicatively coupled to the radio receiver, the camera system, and the flight management system, wherein the processing system comprises a pretrained classifier and is configured to:
- determine an estimated location of an object based on a signal from the radio receiver;
- using a set of camera images collected by the camera system, determine a restricted image pixel search space within the set of camera images based on the estimated location of the object;
- perform a search for the object with the pretrained classifier within the restricted image pixel search space;
- and
- determine an action for the flight management system based on the extended range search.
A system for an aircraft, comprising:
- an imaging system;
- and
- a processing system onboard the aircraft and communicatively coupled to the imaging system, the processing system comprising an object detection model and configured to:
- determine a restricted region within a set of measurements captured by the imaging system based on a traffic alert;
- detect the object within the restricted space using an object detection model, wherein detecting the object comprises estimating a position of the detected object;
- and
- perform an action based on the position of the detected object.
A system for an aircraft, comprising:
- an imaging system;
- and
- a processing system onboard the aircraft and communicatively coupled to the imaging system, the processing system comprising an object detection model and configured to:
- after the imaging system captures a set of measurements, determine a restricted region within the set of measurements based on a traffic alert;
- detect the object within the restricted space using an object detection model, wherein detecting the object comprises estimating a position of the detected object;
- and
- perform an action based on the position of the detected object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.