Systems and Methods for Detecting a Travelling Object Vortex
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
InventorMark Fry
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Abstract
Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. The vortex similarity engine may be configured to determine or identify certain properties about the travelling object based on the travelling object vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- analyzing a visual media file of a travelling object vortex with a media file analyzer;
- generating graphic elements of the visual media file with a graphic recognition algorithm;
- identifying elements in common amongst the visual media files with an element profile generator to generate an element similarity profile;
- analyzing the travelling object vortex generated by a travelling object as it moved through a medium with a travelling object identifier;
- determining certain properties of the travelling object with the travelling object identifier;
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- determining that the travelling object matches a set of properties specified by a user.
A method comprising:
- analyzing a visual media files of a travelling object vortex with a media file analyzer;
- generating graphic elements of the visual media file with a graphic recognition algorithm;
- identifying elements in common amongst the visual media files with an element profile generator to generate an element similarity profile;
- analyzing the travelling object vortex generated by a travelling object as it moved through a medium with a travelling object identifier;
- determining a first set of properties of the travelling object with the travelling object identifier;
- receiving a set of user specified properties about the travelling object with a matching interface;
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- determining that the first set of properties matches the set of user specified properties within a certain confidence interval.
A method comprising:
- analyzing a visual media file of a travelling object vortex with a media file analyzer;
- storing the visual media file in a visual media file database;
- generating graphic elements of the visual media file with a graphic recognition algorithm;
- identifying elements in common amongst the visual media files with an element profile generator to generate an element similarity profile;
- analyzing the travelling object vortex generated by a travelling object as it moved through a medium with a travelling object identifier;
- a vortex similarity engine determining certain properties of the travelling object with the travelling object identifier;
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- determining that the travelling object matches a set of properties specified by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.