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Localising transportable apparatus

  • US 10,070,101 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2012
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of localising transportable apparatus within an environment, the method including:

  • obtaining point cloud data representing a 3D point cloud including a plurality of points in a reference coordinate system of at least part of the environment;

    obtaining first frame data representing a first image produced by an imaging sensor on board transportable apparatus at a first location within the environment;

    obtaining second frame data representing a second image produced by the imaging sensor at a second location within the environment; and

    determining a first subset of points in the first frame data that overlap with at least some of the plurality of points of the 3D point cloud in the reference coordinate system;

    determining a second subset of points in the second frame data that overlap with at least some of the plurality of points of the 3D point cloud in the reference coordinate system, the first frame data being different than the second frame data;

    determining a location within the 3D point cloud where the overlapping first subset of points in the first frame data and the overlapping second subset of points in the second frame data were produced, thereby localising the transportable apparatus within the environment;

    obtaining a velocity of the transportable apparatus at a specified time;

    comparing the specified time and the velocity to a time that the first frame or the second frame was captured; and

    when the specified time and the velocity match the time that the first frame or the second frame was captured, verifying the location of the transportable apparatus within the 3D point cloud.

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