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Self-contained mapping and positioning system utilizing point cloud data

  • US 6,608,913 B1
  • Filed: 07/17/2000
  • Issued: 08/19/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for determining a position of an object, said system comprising:

  • means for determining an initial reference point of said object;

    means for estimating a position of said object after said object has moved from said initial reference point;

    means for scanning at least one image of a surface in proximity to said object and converting said at least one image into a patch of point cloud data;

    means for approximately matching said patch of point cloud data with a portion of point cloud data stored within at least one database, wherein said point cloud data stored within said at least one database represents the topography of a region which includes said surface in proximity to said object; and

    at least one processor for executing programmable instructions for determining a particular location of said region represented by said portion of point cloud data, wherein said object is determined to be positioned in proximity to said particular location.

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