Electromagnetic emission source identification apparatus and associated method, computer device,and computer software program product

A computer device configured to implement an electromagnetic emission source identification apparatus for identifying a source from sensed emission data obtained from a sensor device, the sensed emission data being associated with an electromagnetic emission from the source, the sensor device being communicable with the computer device via a data transmitter, said computer device comprising:

• a first processing portion configured to receive the sensed emission data;
• and
• a second processing portion configured to process digital emission data, the digital emission data corresponding to the sensed emission data, so as to determine at least one of an identification indicator, an operational characteristic indicator, and an accessory characteristic indicator corresponding to the source.

A method of identifying a source from an electromagnetic emission thereof, the electromagnetic emission being convertible into corresponding sensed emission data, said method comprising:

• receiving the sensed emission data;
• and
• processing digital emission data, the digital emission data corresponding to the sensed emission data, with a computer device so as to determine at least one of an identification indicator, an operational characteristic indicator, and an accessory characteristic indicator corresponding to the source.

A method of processing digital emission data, the digital emission data corresponding to an electromagnetic emission of a source, so as to identify the source, said method comprising:

• processing the digital emission data with a computer device so as to identify a characteristic marker corresponding to at least one of an identification indicator, an operational characteristic indicator, and an accessory characteristic indicator of the source;
• and
• comparing the characteristic marker of the source with a characteristic marker of each of a plurality of known sources in a database operably engaged with the computer device, the characteristic marker of each of the plurality of known sources corresponding to at least one of an identification indicator, an operational characteristic indicator, and an accessory characteristic indicator for the respective known source, within a common reference frame, so as to determine a best-match known source in the plurality of known sources corresponding to the source.

A computer software program product, executable by a computer device, for identifying a source from an electromagnetic emission thereof, the electromagnetic emission being convertible into corresponding sensed emission data, said computer software program product comprising:

• a first executable portion for directing the collection of the sensed emission data;
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• a second executable portion for processing digital emission data, the digital emission data corresponding to the sensed emission data, so as to determine at least one of an identification indicator, an operational characteristic indicator, and an accessory characteristic indicator corresponding to the source.