Patents Assigned to EPFL-SRI
  • VISUAL AUTOPILOT FOR NEAR-OBSTACLE FLIGHT
    Publication number: 20110029161
    Abstract: This present invention describes a novel vision-based control strategy for autonomous cruise flight in possibly cluttered environments such as—but not limited to—cities, forests, valleys, or mountains. The present invention is to provide an autopilot that relies exclusively on visual and gyroscopic information, with no requirement for explicit state estimation nor additional stabilisation mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: EPFL-SRI
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Antoine Beyeler, Dario Floreano