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US 2015/0363646 A1Published application
Emitter tracking system
AssigneeFLIR Systems, Inc.
InventorsScott Way, Cynthia I. Archer
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Abstract
An improved emitter tracking system. In aspects of the present teachings, the presence of a desired emitter may be established by a relatively low-power emitter detection module, before images of the emitter and/or its surroundings are captured with a relatively high-power imaging module. Capturing images of the emitter may be synchronized with flashes of the emitter, to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the captured images.
Claims20
An emitter tracking system, comprising:
- a signal detection module configured to detect an emitter signal generated by an emitter;
- an imaging module configured to capture images of the emitter upon receiving an activation signal;
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- a processor configured to receive the emitter signal from the signal detection module, analyze the emitter signal, and transmit the activation signal to the imaging module only if the emitter signal includes a predetermined signature.
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A method of tracking an emitter, comprising:
- detecting an emitter signal;
- analyzing the signal to determine if the signal includes a signature corresponding to a particular emitter;
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- capturing images of the emitter with the imaging module only if the signal includes the signature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.