Target trailing with safe navigation with colregs for maritime autonomous surface vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8849483
APP PUB NO 20120265380A1
SERIAL NO

13446899

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Systems and methods for operating autonomous waterborne vessels in a safe manner. The systems include hardware for identifying the locations and motions of other vessels, as well as the locations of stationary objects that represent navigation hazards. By applying a computational method that uses a maritime navigation algorithm for avoiding hazards and obeying COLREGS using Velocity Obstacles to the data obtained, the autonomous vessel computes a safe and effective path to be followed in order to accomplish a desired navigational end result, while operating in a manner so as to avoid hazards and to maintain compliance with standard navigational procedures defined by international agreement. The systems and methods have been successfully demonstrated on water with radar and stereo cameras as the perception sensors, and integrated with a higher level planner for trailing a maneuvering target.

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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY1200 EAST CALIFORNIA BLVD MC 6-32 PASADENA CA 91125

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Aghazarian, Hrand La Crescenta, US 4 344
Howard, Andrew B Los Angeles, US 3 107
Huntsberger, Terrance L Altadena, US 4 344
Kuwata, Yoshiaki Los Angeles, US 1 80
Wolf, Michael T Los Angeles, US 17 243
Zarzhitsky, Dimitri V La Canada Flintridge, US 2 80

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