A method for performing automated refueling operations includes receiving a two-dimensional (2D) image of a device associated with in-flight refueling operations between a receiver aircraft and a tanker aircraft, identifying keypoints on the device in the 2D image, projecting the keypoints to three-dimensional (3D) space to produce 3D keypoints, comparing the 3D keypoints to a previously stored 3D model of the device to produce a confidence value, and automatically controlling the refueling operations in response to the confidence value.
AERIAL REFUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
14.11.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
NTIS | 2015
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