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

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of an object, the method comprising:
capturing, by unmanned vehicles (UVs) dedicated to imaging respective overlapping subsections of an object, image data representative of the respective overlapping subsections of the object resulting in captured image data;
registering, by a geometric bundle adjustment, the captured image data of the overlapping subsections to each other resulting in registered overlapping subsections;
geo-locating, using registered tie points of the object, the registered overlapping subsections resulting in geo-located 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.