System and Method of Determining a Position of a Remote Object via One or More Image Sensors

摘要

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods and/or processes may determine a location of a remote object (e.g., a point and/or area of interest, landmark, structure that “looks interesting”, buoy, anchored boat, etc.). For example, the location of a remote object may be determined via a first bearing, at a first location, and a second bearing, at a second location, to the remote object. For instance, the first and second locations can be determined via a position device, such as a global positioning system device. In one or more embodiments, the location of the remote object may be based on the first location, the second location, the first bearing, and the second bearing. For example, the location of the remote object may be provided to a user via a map. For instance, turn-by-turn direction to the location of the remote object may be provided to the user.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a position device; a processor; at least one camera; and a memory device, wherein the memory device stores instructions that are executable by the processor; wherein the position device:
receives multiple location signals, via at least one antenna coupled to the position device; anddetermines a first position and a second position, different from the first position, via computing the first position, based on a first location of the at least one antenna and the multiple location signals, and computing the second position, based on a second location of the at least one antenna and the multiple location signals, wherein the second location of the at least one antenna is different from the first location of the at least one antenna; wherein the at least one camera:
acquires a first image that includes a first remote object image of a remote object and that corresponds to the first position; andacquires a second image that includes a second remote object image of the remote object and that corresponds to the second position; and wherein, as the processor executes the instructions, the processor:
determines a first image position of the first remote object image of the remote object included by the first image;determines a first bearing to the remote object at a remote object position, different from the first position and different from the second position, based on the first image position;determines a second image position of the second remote object image of the remote object included by the second image;determines a second bearing to the remote object at the remote object position based on the second image position;computes a first rotation, by the first bearing, of a first vector associated with the first position;computes a second rotation, by the second bearing, of a second vector associated with the second position; computes the remote object position based on the first rotation, by the first bearing, of the first vector and the second rotation, by the second bearing, of the second vector.