US 7,627,447 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for localizing and mapping the position of a set of points on a digital model

AssigneeThe Boeing Company

InventorsJoseph C. Marsh, Christopher G. Riegel, Philip L. Freeman

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Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program product for mapping a position of a physical point on a digital model. Sensor data for the physical point is received from a sensor unit and a position of the physical point is correlated to the digital model. An alignment probability for the correlated position is calculated and the calculated value is then compared to a stored threshold value. If the alignment probability for the correlated position does exceed a predetermined threshold probability, an aligned position is formed. An aligned position of the physical point is stored relative to the digital model, responsive to a store map location command.

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Dependent claims

A method for mapping a set of physical points to a digital model, the method comprising:

receiving sensor data for the set of physical points from a sensor unit to form received sensor data;
aligning the received sensor data from the sensor unit to a set of place-identifiers in the digital model, wherein a position of the set of physical points is correlated to the digital model to form a correlated position;
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storing the correlated position in a storage, wherein if an alignment probability for the correlated position exceeds a predetermined threshold probability, an aligned position is formed, and wherein if the alignment probability for the correlated position does not exceed the predetermined threshold probability an unaligned position is formed.

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