ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,566, issued on July 28, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"High-precision odometry estimation method based on double-layer filtering framework" was invented by Yue Wang (Hangzhou, China), Shenhan Jia (Hangzhou, China), Fuzhang Han (Hangzhou, China) and Rong Xiong (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-precision odometry estimation method based on a double-layer filtering framework, comprising the following steps: acquiring sensing information of a binocular camera, a main body IMU, a legged auxiliary IMU, a legged joint motor and a foot end force sensor; fusing the rotation angle and rotational ve...