Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrating air and ground data collection for improved drone operation
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Application No.: US16948394Application Date: 2020-09-16
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Publication No.: US11694557B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Ian Andreas Villa , Philipp Haban , Eric Mueller , Lucas McPhee Fischer , Matthew William Derkach , John Conway Badalamenti
- Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
- Current Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; H04W4/00 ; B64C39/02 ; H04W4/46 ; G06Q10/02 ; H04W4/02 ; B64U101/30

Abstract:
Disclosed are embodiments for employing off board sensors to augment data used by a ground based autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the off-board sensors may be positioned on another autonomous vehicle, such as an aerial autonomous vehicle (AAV). The disclosed embodiments determine uncertainty scores associated with ground regions. The uncertainty scores indicate a need to reimage the ground regions. An AAV may be tasked to reimage a region having a relatively high uncertainty score, depending on a cost associated with the tasking.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210082291A1 INTEGRATING AIR AND GROUND DATA COLLECTION FOR IMPROVED DRONE OPERATION Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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