Patent ID: 11920899
Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 10:
11. A navigation system for a node providing collaboration of a plurality of nodes travelling in a group to a target destination having one or more targets, comprising:
a datalink communication system configured and operable to communicate with other nodes of the plurality of nodes;
a navigation component for navigating the node in travel;
a memory configured to store instructions;
a processor disposed in communication with the memory, wherein the processor upon execution of the instructions is configured to:
determine (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) SLAM data for the node, the SLAM data including estimated position of features or targets observed by the node and processed by the node using SLAM algorithms and covariance associated with the estimated positions;
communicate the node's SLAM data to the other nodes via the nodes' datalink communication system;
receive SLAM data communicated from the other nodes via the other nodes' datalink communication systems;
combine the node's SLAM data and the SLAM data received from the other nodes based on one or more features or targets included in SLAM data from two or more nodes of the other nodes;
refine estimated positions of features or targets based on results of the combining; and
navigate the node to a target at the target destination as a function of at least one of the refined estimated positions.