Methods and arrangements to enhance correlation
AssigneeAnzus, Inc.
InventorClay J. Stanek
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Abstract
The present invention is in the area of correlation of tracks from different sensors or sensor systems. Embodiments encompass systems of process and/or equipment to format tracks from more than one sensor to be compared or correlated by statistical and/or optical correlation techniques to determine redundant or duplicate tracks. Embodiments may take into account determinations or calculations to refine coordinate transformations for the sensors and may take into account errors in those determinations by comparing a full or partial history of the data from tracks associated with the same object from the same sensor. Further, many embodiments comprise software that can execute on a laptop, desktop, or similar computer.
Claims31
A method, comprising:
- receiving a first track of a first object and a second track of a second object;
- generating a first image to describe the first object with a first pattern based upon data associated with the first track;
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- generating a second image to describe the second object based upon data associated with the second track, in a manner substantially equivalent to said generating a first image, to generate a second pattern similar to the first pattern when the first object is the second object.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a track input to receive a first track to describe a first object and a second track to describe a second object;
- an image generator coupled with said track input to generate a first image to describe the first object with a first pattern based upon data associated with the first track and to generate a second image to describe the second object based upon data associated with the second track, in a manner substantially equivalent to generation of the first image, to generate a second pattern similar to the first pattern when the first object is the second object;
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- an image output coupled with said image generator to output the first image and the second image for comparison.
A system, comprising:
- a track input to receive a first track to describe a first object and a second track to describe a second object;
- a comparator to determine a coordinate transformation for a first sensor based upon an output of a gridlocking system;
- an association system coupled with said comparator to associate the first track with the first sensor and to adjust data associated with the first sensor in accordance with the coordinate transformation;
- an image generator coupled with said track input to generate a first image to describe the first object with a first pattern based upon data associated with the first object from the first sensor and to generate a second image to describe the second object based upon data associated with the second object from the second sensor, in a manner substantially equivalent to generation of the first image, to generate a second pattern similar to the first pattern when the first object is the second object;
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- an image output coupled with said image generator to output the first image and the second image for comparison.
A machine-readable medium containing instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
- receiving a first track of a first object and a second track of a second object;
- generating a first image to describe the first object with a first pattern based upon data associated with the first track;
- and
- generating a second image to describe the second object based upon data associated with the second track, in a manner substantially equivalent to said generating a first image, to generate a second pattern similar to the first pattern when the first object is the second object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.