Patent ID: 11964762
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
unmanned vehicles (UVs) configured to capture image data representative of respective overlapping subsections of an object to generate captured image data, each of the UVs dedicated to imaging a respective overlapping subsection of the overlapping subsections of the object; and
processing circuitry configured to:
register, by a geometric bundle adjustment, the captured image data of the overlapping subsections to each other resulting in registered overlapping subsections;
geo-locate, using registered tie points of the object, the registered overlapping subsections resulting in registered overlapping subsections;
generating a first three-dimensional (3D) point set based on the geo-located registered overlapping subsections; and
registering the first 3D point set to a second 3D point set to generate a merged 3D point set.