CENTERING ABOVE A PREDETERMINED AREA OF A LANDING PLATFORM
First Claim
1. A system arranged in an aerial vehicle for determining a position of the aerial vehicle relative to a center of a remote predetermined landing area arranged on a surface, the system comprising:
- a beam emitter configured to emit beams towards the surface;
a detector configured to detect the beams reflected from said surface;
a control unit configured to control said beam emitter to emit beams onto said surface to form a plurality of lines thereon; and
a processor configured to detect at least one edge providing a difference in height relative to the surface, based on the detected reflected line forming beams, wherein said edge substantially surrounds the predetermined landing area, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the position of the aerial vehicle relative to the center of the predetermined landing area based on the detected at least one edge.
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Abstract
A system arranged in an aerial vehicle for determining the position of the aerial vehicle relative to a center of a remote predetermined landing area arranged on a surface. A beam emitter is configured to emit beams towards the surface. A detector is configured to detect the beams reflected from the surface. A control is configured to control the beam emitter to emit beams onto the surface to form a plurality of lines thereon. A processor is configured to detect at least one edge providing a difference in height relative to the surface based on the detected reflected line forming beams. The edge substantially surrounds the predetermined landing area. The processor is further configured to determine the position of the aerial vehicle relative to the center of the remote predetermined landing area based on the detected at least one edge.
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15 Claims
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1. A system arranged in an aerial vehicle for determining a position of the aerial vehicle relative to a center of a remote predetermined landing area arranged on a surface, the system comprising:
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a beam emitter configured to emit beams towards the surface; a detector configured to detect the beams reflected from said surface; a control unit configured to control said beam emitter to emit beams onto said surface to form a plurality of lines thereon; and a processor configured to detect at least one edge providing a difference in height relative to the surface, based on the detected reflected line forming beams, wherein said edge substantially surrounds the predetermined landing area, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the position of the aerial vehicle relative to the center of the predetermined landing area based on the detected at least one edge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for determining a position of a vehicle relative to a center of a predetermined landing area arranged on a surface, the method comprising:
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emitting beams; detecting reflected beams, reflected in said surface; controlling said beams to form a plurality of lines on said surface; detecting at least one edge providing a difference in height relative to the surface based on the detected reflected line forming beams, wherein said edge substantially surrounds the predetermined landing area; and determining the position of the aerial vehicle relative to the center of the predetermined landing area based on the detected at least one edge. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium; and computer program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium and executable by a processor for performing a method for determining a position of a vehicle relative to a center of a predetermined landing area arranged on a surface, the method comprising; emitting beams; detecting reflected beams, reflected in said surface; controlling said beams to form a plurality of lines on said surface; detecting at least one edge providing a difference in height relative to the surface based on the detected reflected line forming beams, wherein said edge substantially surrounds the predetermined landing area and determining the position of the aerial vehicle relative to the center of the predetermined landing area based on the detected at least one edge.
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Specification