Patent ID: 11866167
Assignee: RHOMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 22:
23. An apparatus for autonomous navigation of a vehicle along a flight path comprising:
a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, and configured to store pre-loaded data, the pre-loaded data comprising: object information for predetermined objects associated with a flight path, and contextual information of a surrounding area associated with the predetermined flight path; and
one or more sensors configured to scan a surrounding environment of the vehicle and to detect an object in the surrounding environment
wherein the computer system is further configured to:
match an object detected by the one or more sensors to a predetermined object based on the object information from the pre-loaded data;
determine dimensions of the detected object by measuring lengths of multiple sides of the detected object and an angle of a corner of the detected object and infer the dimensions of the detected object, including dimensions of surfaces that are not detectable by the one or more onboard sensors, based on the measured lengths and angle of the detected object in combination with the contextual information on the surrounding area associated with the predetermined flight path from the pre-loaded data;
calculate, based on the determined dimensions of the detected object, multiple flight routes for navigating the vehicle around the detected object and toward a target location along the flight path;
identify, among the multiple calculated flight routes, a flight route having a shortest distance for navigating the vehicle around the detected object and toward the target location; and
control a vehicle control system of the vehicle to navigate the vehicle to travel to the target location along the identified flight route having the shortest distance.