DETECTING OBJECTS AND DISTANCE TO OBJECTS FOR ROTORCRAFT ROTOR STRIKE AVOIDANCE

Abstract: in certain embodiments, a method includes accessing image information generated by one or more image sensors configured to generate the image information for a surrounding environment of a rotorcraft. the method includes causing one or more ai models to process the image information to generate proximity information for the image information. the proximity information includes depth measurements for one or more image objects from the image information that correspond to one or more physical objects in the surrounding environment of the rotorcraft. the method includes initiating, in response to generating the proximity information from the image information, further analysis of the proximity information for the one or more image objects to facilitate avoiding, based on the proximity information, a collision of a rotor blade of the rotorcraft with the one or more physical objects that correspond to the one or more image objects.

Inventor(s): Jeffrey W. Holcomb, Kristen Doelling

CPC Classification: G08G5/80 (TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic ; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals ; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control , , ; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes , , }))

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