DETERMINING STEREO DISTANCE INFORMATION USING IMAGING DEVICES INTEGRATED INTO PROPELLER BLADES

A propeller provided on an aerial vehicle may include a digital camera or other imaging device embedded into a surface of one of the blades of the propeller. The digital camera may capture images while the propeller is rotating at an operational speed. Images captured by the digital camera may be pr...

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Hauptverfasser:	O'Brien Barry James, Wilcox Scott Michael, Boyd Scott Patrick, Watson Joshua John
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION CALCULATING COMPUTING COSMONAUTICS COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS HELICOPTERS IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A propeller provided on an aerial vehicle may include a digital camera or other imaging device embedded into a surface of one of the blades of the propeller. The digital camera may capture images while the propeller is rotating at an operational speed. Images captured by the digital camera may be processed to recognize one or more objects therein, and to determine ranges to such objects by stereo triangulation techniques. Using such ranges, a depth map or other model of the surface features in an environment in which the aerial vehicle is operating may be defined and stored or used for any purpose. A propeller may include digital cameras or other imaging devices embedded into two or more blades, and may also use such images to determine ranges to objects by stereo triangulation techniques.