Disclosed herein is methods, systems, and aircraft for performing image analysis for aiding refueling operations. A tanker aircraft includes a single camera, a refueling boom, a camera configured to generate a 2D image of the refueling boom, a processor, and non-transitory computer readable storage media storing code. The code being executable by the processor to perform operations comprising receiving the 2D image from the single camera, determining 2D keypoints of the refueling boom located within the 2D image based on a predefined point model of the refueling boom, determining keypoints in 3D space based on the 2D keypoints to produce 3D keypoints, determining a 6DOF pose using the 2D keypoints and the 3D keypoints, and estimating a position of a tip of the refueling boom based on the 6DOF pose.


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    Titel :

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING REFUELING TANKER BOOM TIP 3D POSITION FOR AERIAL REFUELING


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR BERECHNUNG DER POSITION DER TANKERAUSLEGERSPITZE 3D FÜR LUFTBETANKUNG
    SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE CALCUL DE LA POSITION EN 3D DUN EMBOUT DE PERCHE DAVION RAVITAILLEUR POUR UN RAVITAILLEMENT AÉRIEN


    Beteiligte:
    SMITH HADEN (Autor:in) / KHOSLA DEEPAK (Autor:in) / NGUYEN LEON (Autor:in) / HUNG FAN HIN (Autor:in) / HATCHER JUSTIN (Autor:in) / O'SHEA DANIEL (Autor:in) / CHAMBERLAIN SHAWN (Autor:in) / SANTIAGO LUIS-ALBERTO (Autor:in) / JANG JUNG SOON (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    13.11.2024


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    G06V / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL



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