ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,989, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"System and method for autonomous taxiing" was invented by Yufeng Liu (Beijing) and Le Shi (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a controller onboard a vehicle that provides for autonomous taxiing of the vehicle at an airport. Onboard optical sensors include look-forward and look-down optical sensors. An onboard bidirectional radio receives ATC clearance information. The system also includes onboard aiding sensors, and an airport moving map database. An ATC clearance processing module translates the ATC clearance information i...