Disclosed herein is a system that comprises one or more imaging sensors coupled to an aircraft and one or more navigation sensors coupled to the aircraft proximate to the one or more imaging sensors. The system further comprises an imaging module configured to capture images of a landing zone for the aircraft while the aircraft is in flight. The system additionally comprises a location determining module configured to associate a corresponding one of a plurality of location data with each one of the captured images. The plurality of location data is determined using one or more navigation sensors coupled to the aircraft. The system also comprises an object-identifying module configured to identify and locate one or more objects within the landing zone, relative to the aircraft, using the captured images and the location data associated with the captured images.


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    Title :

    LANDING ZONE EVALUATION


    Additional title:

    LANDEZONENAUSWERTUNG
    ÉVALUATION DE ZONE D'ATTERRISSAGE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2022-04-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen



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