Patent ID: 11869214
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A navigation system for one or more vehicles located within a control volume, comprising:
a first camera configured to observe the one or more vehicles and first, second and third reference points within a first field of view, wherein the first, second and third reference points have first, second and third known spatial positions, respectively, the first camera being further configured to produce a first output signal from observation of the observed vehicles and reference points;
a second camera configured to observe the one or more vehicles and the first, second and third reference points within a second field of view, the second camera being further configured to produce a second output signal from observation of the observed vehicles and reference points; and
a processor operatively connected with the first and second cameras and configured to determine a respective spatial position for each of the one or more vehicles from the first and second output signals;
wherein the one or more vehicles and the control volume are, respectively, one or more aircraft and a landing zone including a first airspace above the landing zone, one or more ground vehicles and an area of terrain including a second airspace above the terrain, one or more surface watercraft and a region of open water including a third airspace above the open water, one or more submersible watercraft and a volume of navigable water, or one or more spacecraft and a volume of navigable space.