Radar-Based Localization for Aircraft
AssigneeJoby Aero, Inc.
InventorsMichael BURGHARDT, Andreas HADERER, Karsten Andreas MUELLER, Martin SCHERHÄEUFL
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Abstract
A method for radar-based localization includes accessing data from one or more radar systems on the aircraft, computing a velocity estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on the data from the one or more radar systems on the aircraft, computing a radar image of a landscape below the aircraft based at least in part on the velocity estimate of the aircraft, and computing a position estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on a localization of the computed radar image on a map of the landscape.
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A method for radar-based localization, comprising:
- accessing, with a computing device on an aircraft, data from one or more radar systems on the aircraft;
- computing, with the computing device, a velocity estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on the data from the one or more radar systems on the aircraft;
- computing, with the computing device, a radar image of a landscape below the aircraft based at least in part on the velocity estimate of the aircraft;
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- computing, with the computing device, a position estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on a localization of the computed radar image on a map of the landscape.
A system for radar-based localization, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising
- accessing data from one or more radar systems on the aircraft,
- computing a velocity estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on the data from the one or more radar systems on the aircraft,
- computing a radar image of a landscape below the aircraft based at least in part on the velocity estimate of the aircraft, and
- computing a position estimate of the aircraft based at least in part on a localization of the computed radar image on a map of the landscape.
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