DESIGN AND PROCESSING OF MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT

A system and method are disclosed for design of a suite of multispectral (MS) sensors and processing of enhanced data streams produced by the sensors for autonomous aircraft (120) flight. The suite of MS sensors is specifically configured to produce data streams for processing by an autonomous aircr...

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Hauptverfasser:	LAHR, Weston J, SHAPIRO, Geoffrey, TIANA, Carlo L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS NAVIGATION PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION REGULATING SURVEYING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method are disclosed for design of a suite of multispectral (MS) sensors and processing of enhanced data streams produced by the sensors for autonomous aircraft (120) flight. The suite of MS sensors is specifically configured to produce data streams for processing by an autonomous aircraft object identification and positioning system processor. Multiple, diverse MS sensors image naturally occurring, or artificial features (towers buildings etc.) and produce data streams containing details which are routinely processed by the object identification and positioning system yet would be unrecognizable to a human pilot. The object identification and positioning system correlates MS sensor output with a-priori information stored onboard to determine position and trajectory of the autonomous aircraft (120). Once position and trajectory are known, the object identification and positioning system sends the data to the autonomous aircraft flight management system for autopilot control of the autonomous aircraft.