Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of locating a remotely operated vehicle within a workspace and remote inspection system employing such method
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Application No.: US16045801Application Date: 2018-07-26
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Publication No.: US11460304B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Lyman J. Petrosky , Martin Bolander
- Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
- Current Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Main IPC: G01C21/20
- IPC: G01C21/20 ; G05D1/00 ; G06T7/73 ; G01C21/00 ; G05D1/06

Abstract:
A method of locating a remotely operated vehicle within a workspace includes the steps of: receiving a video feed of the workspace from a video camera; processing the video feed to identify landmarks and features of known physical structures in or near the workspace; determining a correlation between the features and landmarks and known physical structures; calibrating the video feed from the camera to the known physical structures using the correlation; determining the location in the calibrated video feed of a number of fiducial markers on the remotely operated vehicle; and determining the position of the remotely operated vehicle within the workspace using the location of the number of fiducial markers in the calibrated video feed.
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