Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-10
2011-12-13
Zeender, Ryan (Department: 3627)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
C701S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08078399
ABSTRACT:
An obstacle-avoidance-processor chip for three-dimensional path planning comprises an analog processing circuit and at least two analog-resistive-grid networks. The analog processing circuit is communicatively coupled to receive data from an inertial measurement unit and from at least one obstacle-detection sensor. The analog processing circuit is configured to construct a three-dimensional obstacle map of an environment based on the received data. The at least two analog-resistive-grid networks are configured to map obstacles in at least two respective non-parallel planes in the constructed three-dimensional obstacle map. The at least two analog-resistive-grid networks form a quasi-three-dimensional representation of the environment. The obstacle-avoidance-processor chip generates information indicative of a three-dimensional unobstructed path in the environment based on the obstacle maps.
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Ariyur Kartik B.
Elgersma Michael R.
Lautenschlager Eric
Danneman Paul
Fogg & Powers LLC
Honeywell International , Inc.
Zeender Ryan
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