Object tracking by an unmanned aerial vehicle using visual sensors

S Dasgupta, H Martirosyan, H Koppula… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Aguiar et al.(AP Aguiar and JP Hespanha,“Logic-based switching control for trajectory-
tracking and path-following of underactuated autonomous vehicles with parametric …

Unmanned aerial image capture platform

H Martirosyan, A Bry, M Donahoe… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and systems are disclosed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to
autonomously navigate a physical environment while capturing images of the physical …

Ladar transmitter with optical field splitter/inverter for improved gaze on scan area portions

LC Dussan - US Patent 10,908,262, 2021 - Google Patents
US10908262B2 - Ladar transmitter with optical field splitter/inverter for improved gaze on
scan area portions - Google Patents US10908262B2 - Ladar transmitter with optical field …

Ladar receiver with advanced optics

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,641,872, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are various embodiment of an adaptive ladar receiver and associated
method whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar pulse …

Synthesizing training data for broad area geospatial object detection

A Estrada, C Burd, A Jenkins, J Newbrough… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for broad area geospatial object recognition, identification,
classification, location and quantification, comprising an image manipulation module to …

Ladar transmitter with feedback control of dynamic scan patterns

LC Dussan - US Patent 10,908,265, 2021 - Google Patents
US10908265B2 - Ladar transmitter with feedback control of dynamic scan patterns - Google
Patents US10908265B2 - Ladar transmitter with feedback control of dynamic scan patterns …

Method and system to annotate objects and determine distances to objects in an image

JR Barfield, TS Taylor - US Patent App. 15/352,424, 2018 - Google Patents
A controller/application synchronizes a camera's image capture rate with a LIDAR light burst
rate and direction. A user may identify and manually bound an object-of-interest in an image …

Ladar receiver with co-bore sited camera

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein is a ladar system that includes a ladar transmitter, ladar receiver, and
camera, where the camera that is co-bore sited with the ladar receiver, the camera …

Intelligent ladar system with low latency motion planning updates

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are disclosed for vehicle motion planning where a sensor,
such as a ladar system, is used to detect threatening or anomalous conditions within the …

Low latency intra-frame motion estimation based on clusters of ladar pulses

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A ladar system can estimate intra-frame motion for an object within a field of view of the ladar
system using a tight cluster of ladar pulses. For example, ladar pulses in a cluster can be …