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US8942964B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8942964-B2 |
| Application number | US-79642910-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Publication date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2015 |
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The present disclosure relates to a method and system for simulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and simulating an environment in which the UAV may be flying. A plurality of visual sensors, e.g., cameras, positioned on the UAV, may be simulated. A UAV simulator is configured to simulate the UAV and a graphical simulator is configured to simulate the environment. The UAV simulator may be configured to: estimate pitch, roll and/or groundspeed based, at least in part, on outputs from the visual sensors, determine a position and/or an orientation of the simulated UAV in the simulated environment based, at least in part, on the estimate(s) and provide the position and/or orientation to the graphical simulator. The graphical simulator may be configured to display the simulated UAV at the position and/or orientation in the simulated environment and/or to display the simulated camera view(s).
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for simulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a simulated environment, said method comprising: (1) receiving a first simulated view of said simulated environment from a graphical simulator configured to simulate at least one visual sensor positioned on said simulated UAV; (2) estimating pitch, roll and groundspeed associated with said simulated UAV, based at least in part, on said first simulated view from said simulated visual sensor, using…
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- What does patent US8942964B2 cover?
- The present disclosure relates to a method and system for simulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and simulating an environment in which the UAV may be flying. A plurality of visual sensors, e.g., cameras, positioned on the UAV, may be simulated. A UAV simulator is configured to simulate the UAV and a graphical simulator is configured to simulate the environment. The UAV simulator may be co…
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- Mcwilliams Iii George T, Alley Kevin J, Mentzer Christopher I, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G09B9/48. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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