[특허]System and method for determining altitude

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System and method for determining altitude

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G05D-001/00
미국특허분류(USC)	382/103; 701/004
출원번호	US-0592642 (2009-11-12)
등록번호	US-8548194 (2013-10-01)
발명자 / 주소	Lyon, Jeffery A.
출원인 / 주소	Mustang Tchnology Group, L.P.
대리인 / 주소	Anderson & Levine, LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 3 인용 특허 : 7

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An altitude estimating system for use in a movable device, comprising: (i) circuitry for detecting, for each frame of a plurality of time frames, a set of present features external from the movable device; (ii) circuitry for providing, from a set of present features detected in a first frame, a set of predicted features that represent a prediction of location of the set of present features for a second frame that follows in time the first frame; (iii) circuitry for creating a set of correlated features by correlating a set of the predicted features for t...

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1. An altitude estimating system for use in a movable device, comprising: circuitry for detecting, for each frame of a plurality of time frames, a set of present features external from the movable device;circuitry for providing, from a set of present features detected in a first frame, a set of predicted features that represent a prediction of location of the set of present features for a second frame that follows in time the first frame;circuitry for creating a set of correlated features by correlating a set of the predicted features for the second frame with a set of present features detected for the second frame; andcircuitry for providing an estimated altitude in response to the set of correlated features. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude in response to a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features. 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude in response to a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features, after outliers are removed from the cumulative distribution function. 4. The system of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as a median of a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features, after outliers are removed from the cumulative distribution function. 5. The system of claim 1: wherein the circuitry for providing, from a set of present features detected in a first frame, a set of predicted features, is further for providing a plurality of sets of predicted features from the set of present features detected in the first frame, wherein each set of predicted features in the plurality of sets of predicted features is generated in response to a respective altitude value;wherein the circuitry for creating a set of correlated features is for creating a plurality of sets of correlated features, wherein each set of correlated features in the plurality of sets of correlated features corresponds to a respective altitude value; andfurther comprising circuitry for determining a cumulative distribution function for a plurality of altitude values corresponding to a set of correlated features; andwherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as the respective altitude value that gave rise to the set of correlated features having a sufficiently large steepness in its respective cumulative distribution function. 6. The system of claim 5 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as the respective altitude value that gave rise to the set of correlated features having a maximum steepness in its respective cumulative distribution function as compared to steepness of each other cumulative distribution function corresponding to a considered set of correlated features. 7. The system of claim 5 wherein the plurality of altitude values comprises a plurality of geometrically-determined altitude values. 8. The system of claim 7: wherein the system travels along a flight path; and further comprising circuitry for determining each geometrically-determined altitude value in the plurality of geometrically-determined altitude values in response to an angle between the flight path and a boresight line to a corresponding one of the correlated features. 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the circuitry for determining each geometrically-determined altitude value is for determining each geometrically-determined altitude as a distance from the system along the boresight line to the corresponding one of the correlated features times the sine of the angle between the flight path and a boresight line. 10. The system of claim 5: wherein the circuitry for providing a plurality of sets of predicted features from the set of present features detected in the first frame is for providing a first set of predicted features in response to a first respective altitude value and a second set of set of predicted features in response to a second respective altitude value. 11. The system of claim 10 wherein the first respective altitude value and the second respective altitude value are boundary values and are at an equal range from a navigation system provided altitude value. 12. The system of claim 10 wherein the first respective altitude value and the second respective altitude value are boundary values and are at an equal range from an altitude that represents a median of a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features. 13. The system of claim 5 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as the respective altitude value that gave rise to the set of correlated features having a minimal reciprocal steepness in its respective cumulative distribution function. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude in response to a golden section search. 15. The system of claim 1 and further comprising an apparatus responsive to the circuitry for providing an estimated altitude, the apparatus selected from a set comprising altimetry apparatus, collision avoidance apparatus, navigation apparatus, automatic landing apparatus, three-dimensional imaging apparatus, and targeting apparatus. 16. The system of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for detecting a set of present features external from the movable device comprises an infrared sensor for detecting the features as image features. 17. A method of estimating altitude of a movable device, comprising: detecting, for each frame of a plurality of time frames, a set of present features external from the movable device;providing, from a set of present features detected in a first frame, a set of predicted features that represent a prediction of location of the set of present features for a second frame that follows in time the first frame;creating a set of correlated features by correlating a set of the predicted features for the second frame with a set of present features detected for the second frame; andproviding an estimated altitude in response to the set of correlated features. 18. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude in response to a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features. 19. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude in response to a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features, after outliers are removed from the cumulative distribution function. 20. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as a median of a cumulative distribution function comprising a set of altitude values that corresponds to the set of correlated features, after outliers are removed from the cumulative distribution function. 21. The method of claim 17: wherein the step of providing, from a set of present features detected in a first frame, a set of predicted features, further provides a plurality of sets of predicted features from the set of present features detected in the first frame, wherein each set of predicted features in the plurality of sets of predicted features is generated in response to a respective altitude value;wherein the step of creating a set of correlated features creates a plurality of sets of correlated features, wherein each set of correlated features in the plurality of sets of correlated features corresponds to a respective altitude value; andfurther comprising determining a cumulative distribution function for a plurality of altitude values corresponding to a set of correlated features; andwherein the step of providing an estimated altitude provides the estimated altitude as the respective altitude value that gave rise to the set of correlated features having a sufficiently large steepness in its respective cumulative distribution function. 22. The method of claim 17 and further comprising operating an apparatus responsive to the step of providing an estimated altitude, the apparatus selected from a set comprising altimetry apparatus, collision avoidance apparatus, navigation apparatus, automatic landing apparatus, three-dimensional imaging apparatus, and targeting apparatus.

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