公开(公告)号：US12205484B1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18451055

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Hunter ,  Timothy Mclain ,  Joshua Mangelson ,  Gary Long ,  Pablo Hopman ,  Siddhartha Kumar ,  David Christopher Akagi ,  Kalliyan Velasco

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G06V10/10 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing guidance to assist eVTOL aerial vehicles in performing landing and takeoff operations at landing locations in GPS-denied environments are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an aerial vehicle comprising a camera configured to generate images based on information transmitted by a plurality of light sources located adjacent a landing surface for the aerial vehicle and a controller circuit configured to receive the generated images and determine a position and an orientation of the aerial vehicle based on the received images, wherein the light sources are arranged in a predetermined pattern on the landing surface, and wherein a characteristic of light emitted from each of the light sources is modulated with respect to time.