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US 8,896,696 B2Granted
Method apparatus system and computer program product for automated collection and correlation for tactical information
AssigneeAAI Corporation
InventorsChristopher C. Ellsworth, Sean Baity, Brandon Johnson, Andrew Geer
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Abstract
A method, and corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product for automated collection and correlation for tactical information includes identifying an entity in imagery based on a field of view of the imagery using a processor, creating a relationship between the imagery and the entity, and storing the relationship in a database.
Claims21
A method for automated collection and correlation for tactical information, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, information for a plurality of entities, wherein the information includes geo-spatial information;
- storing, by the one or more processors, the information for the plurality of entities in a database;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, imagery and data collected from one or more remote sensors;
- storing, by the one or more processors, the imagery and the data from one or more remote sensors;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a field of view of the imagery based on geo-spatial information regarding the one or more remote sensors sensing the imagery;
- retrieving, by the one or more processors, the geo-spatial information of the plurality of entities;
- comparing, by the one or more processors, the geo-spatial information of the plurality of entities with the field of view of the imagery to determine if one or more of the plurality of entities are within the field of view;
- automatically creating, by the one or more processors, a relationship between the imagery at a time that the one or more of the plurality of entities are within the field of view and the one or more of the plurality of entities within the field of view;
- storing, by the one or more processors, the relationship between the imagery at the time that the entity is within the field of view and the one or more of the plurality of entities within the field of view in the database
- calculating, by the one or more processors, an association matrix between the plurality of entities, the association matrix calculated using the information for the plurality of entities, the relationship, the imagery, and the data from one or more remote sensors;
- displaying, by the one or more processors, a link diagram of the plurality of entities based on the association matrix between the plurality of entities;
- and
- displaying, by the one or more processors, video received from the one or more remote sensors with one or more of the plurality of entities overlaid on the displayed video.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable program code, that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive information on a plurality of entities;
- store the information on the plurality of entities in a database;
- display a graphical user interface for a user to draw a polygon defining an area of interest, wherein the area of interest contains one or more of the plurality of entities;
- receive the defined area of interest;
- determine a field of view of one or more remote sensors based on geo-spatial information regarding the remote sensor;
- store imagery and data from the one or more remote sensors;
- monitor a field of view of the one or more remote sensors;
- determine when the field of view and the area of interest intersect using the processor;
- capture imagery of the remote sensor when there is an intersection;
- store the captured imagery and the geo-spatial information at a time there is an intersection in a database;
- create a relationship between the captured imagery and the one or more of the plurality of entities contained in the area of interest;
- store the relationship in the database;
- calculate an association matrix between the plurality of entities, the association matrix calculated using the information on the plurality of entities, the relationship, the imagery, and the data from the one or more remote sensors;
- display a link diagram of the plurality of entities based on the association matrix between the plurality of entities;
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- display video received from the one or more remote sensors with one or more of the plurality of entities overlaid on the displayed video.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.