Autonomous return to dock and docking procedures includes a dock and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The dock includes a first fiducial and second fiducial. The UAV includes a camera, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to determine to use the dock for a landing operation by processing a first image depicting the first fiducial, to determine a UAV placement for the landing operation at the dock by processing a second image depicting the second fiducial, and to perform the landing operation to land the UAV at the dock according to the UAV placement.


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    Title :

    Automated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Dock Verification And Landing



    Publication date :

    2024-06-13


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B64U / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / G06V



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