US Patent Issued to Teledyne FLIR on Nov. 3 for "Real-time thermal camera based odometry and navigation systems and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,571, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR LLC (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Real-time thermal camera based odometry and navigation systems and methods" was invented by Travis James Whitley (Gainesville, Fla.) and John H. Perry (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal imaging odometry and navigation systems and related techniques are provided to improve the operational flexibility of autonomous/unmanned vehicles. A thermal imaging odometry system includes a thermal imaging module configured to be coupled to an unmanned vehicle, a ranging sensor system fixed to the thermal imaging module, and a logic device. The ...