Patents Assigned to LUFTRONIX, INC.
  • Fusion of vision and depth sensors for navigation in complex environments
    Patent number: 10527423
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous localization of a ground, surface or aerial vehicle with respect to a surface of a complex shape is disclosed. Localization is used by way of an optical flow method. Sensed optical (electro-optical, infrared, thermal) images are augmented by depth data, i.e., distance from the distance sensor to points on the sensed surface object. A modification of the optical flow method is applied to sequence of frames obtained in such a way to compute displacement of the vehicle with respect to the surface object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LUFTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Roman Pavlyuk, Volodymyr Kozak, Klaus Sonnenleiter, Denise Spell