The system of video-based navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its application for navigation and airborne terrestrial robots control.

Title of project: The system of video-based navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its application for navigation and airborne terrestrial robots control.
Cluster: Nuclear
Technology Tags or Keywords: UAV, drone,videonavigation, navigation, image procesing
Title: The system of video-based navigation for drones and and airborne terrestrial robots control
Summary: Nowadays availability of the GPS signal is necessary condition for UAVs operating. Signal failure or its deliberate suppression makes it impossible to determine the coordinates accurately, and, as a result, to accomplish a desired track flight. The use of inertial navigation systems also doesn’t solve the problem completely: solutions existing at the market (GPS/INS) are not autonomous, precision products are costly and are not noise-proof. The project suggests to solve the problem of ensuring the autonomy of UAVs in the absence of satellite navigation signals on the basis of alternative data sources: image information from onboard daytime and infra-red photo/video cameras and digital terrain data. We develop also simplified commercial video navigator for airborne unmanned ground vehicles (robot-lawnmower) control
Technology Benefits : 

Video-navigators do not exists on the commercial market currently.
Autonomy and noise-immunity (in contradiction with GPS).
Realization of all basic methods and complex situations.
Low prime cost.

Airborne terrestrial robots control is the original patented technology of the project.

Technology Applications : UAV, drone,videonavigation,airborne terrestrial robots control
Detailed Technology Description:

It is planned to develop a software package including three approaches for comprehensive video navigation solution: The approach, which uses the current image without additional information. The program finds specific points in the first frame of the video and then tracks their movement in the frame. By the nature of moving it determines changes in the position and orientation of the camera. The terrain association approach, which uses stereo effect produced by the movements of the camera. It restores the terrain and compares it to the prestored data. In case of "recognition" exact location and orientation of the camera are determined. The approach of precise photo-reference. Video frames are compared to the prestored images of the route segments. In case of "recognition" exact location and orientation of the camera are determined. 2. A simplified commercial video navigator for airborne unmanned ground vehicles (robot-lawnmower) control and working breadboard model of the video navigator for UAVs are going to be created based on the developed software package.

International PCT Application number: РСТ/RU2015/000773
Title of PCT application: System and methods for controlling and coordination of ground mobile automatic devices
PCT application Date: 25.11.2015
PCT application description (abstract): System and Methods for controlling and coordination of ground mobile automatic devices with the help of single centralized controll system
National application Number: RU2015121583, RU2015121582
Title of national application: System for controlling and coordination of ground mobile automatic devices; Methods for controlling and coordination of ground mobile automatic devices with the help of single centralized controll system
National application Date: 05.06.2015
National application description (abstract): System and Methods for controlling and coordination of ground mobile automatic devices with the help of single centralized controll system

Organization/Company Name: TRANSIST VIDEO LLC
Country: Russia