Navigation systems and methods communicate a landing location to an aircraft. The method comprises collecting data from multiple sensor systems of the aircraft over time while the aircraft is above the terrain. The method also comprises determining on-going pose estimates of the aircraft over time based on input data from the multiple sensor systems. The method further comprises detecting a non-natural marker in the image data from the camera system, with the non-natural marker being physically located on the terrain at a desired landing location for the aircraft. The method further comprises determining a bearing of the non-natural marker relative to the aircraft from the image data captured by the camera system. The method comprises determining a location of the non-natural marker in a global coordinate frame based on a 3D mapping of terrain below the aircraft and the determined bearing for the marker.


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    Title :

    CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFT IN LIMITED COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS


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    Publication date :

    2016-11-17


    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 / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / G06V



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