Title:
FUEL RECEPTACLE AND BOOM TIP POSITION AND POSE ESTIMATION FOR AERIAL REFUELING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022106671
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide fuel receptacle and boom tip position and pose estimation for aerial refueling.SOLUTION: A video frame is received in which aircraft keypoints for an aircraft to be refueled are determined. Based on at least the aircraft keypoints, a position and a pose of a fuel receptacle on the aircraft are determined. In the video frame, a boom tip keypoint for a boom tip of an aerial refueling boom is also determined. Based on at least the boom tip keypoint, a position and a pose of the boom tip are determined. Based on at least the position and pose of the fuel receptacle and the position and pose of the boom tip, the aerial refueling boom is controlled to engage the fuel receptacle. Some examples overlay projections of an aircraft model on displayed video for a human observer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2B
Inventors:
DEEPAK KHOSLA
NGUYEN LEON
WILLIAM KENTAROU KANEKO LEACH
JUSTIN C HATCHER
JAMES L CLAYTON
YANG YIFAN
PAUL S IDELL
HUNG FAN HIN
NGUYEN LEON
WILLIAM KENTAROU KANEKO LEACH
JUSTIN C HATCHER
JAMES L CLAYTON
YANG YIFAN
PAUL S IDELL
HUNG FAN HIN
Application Number:
JP2021214416A
Publication Date:
July 20, 2022
Filing Date:
December 28, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOEING CO
International Classes:
B64D39/06; B64D47/08; G06T7/00; G06T7/70; G06V10/82; G06V20/58
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sonoda/Kobayashi Patent Business Corporation