LiDAR sensing system
First Claim
1. A three-dimensional LiDAR device sensing system comprising at least two time-of-flight LiDAR ranging devices, each LiDAR device includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics;
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing of human traffic subjects, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by a stitching analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, and wherein the stitching analytic process is effected on a principal of providing a predicted movement of sensing of the human traffic subjects being sensed in a queue, such that when movement of separate sensing of movement of the human traffic subjects does not occur within a predetermined time, the stitching analytic process projects representative movement of the subjects in the queue including inputs of tracking information being (i) counts the number of subjects that enter and exit a queue, (ii) generating real time velocity vectors for selected parts of the queue, (iii) detecting subject population density of the selected parts of the queue, and (iv) rendering sensed subjects to follow a path based on this processed analysis of the inputs (i);
(ii) and (iii), thereby to obtain data on queue performance without the need to track each subject all of the time.
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Abstract
LiDAR ranging devices include an optical transmitter, and an optical receiver assembly. There is one LiDAR, and there can be more LiDARs each covering a field of sensing. The LiDAR devices are mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other. The fields of sensing from each LiDAR collectively provide an enhanced field of sensing of an area in the building. Each LiDAR and its base are tuned to sense human traffic. A base collects sensed data from each LiDAR such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the base. The fields of sensing of each LiDAR can overlap, and an analytic program stitches the sensed data from each LiDAR to obtain a stitched map of sensed data over the enhanced area. Barriers to line of site between humans to be sensed and LiDAR devices are minimized by the LiDARs.
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1. A three-dimensional LiDAR device sensing system comprising at least two time-of-flight LiDAR ranging devices, each LiDAR device includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics;
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing of human traffic subjects, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by a stitching analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, and wherein the stitching analytic process is effected on a principal of providing a predicted movement of sensing of the human traffic subjects being sensed in a queue, such that when movement of separate sensing of movement of the human traffic subjects does not occur within a predetermined time, the stitching analytic process projects representative movement of the subjects in the queue including inputs of tracking information being (i) counts the number of subjects that enter and exit a queue, (ii) generating real time velocity vectors for selected parts of the queue, (iii) detecting subject population density of the selected parts of the queue, and (iv) rendering sensed subjects to follow a path based on this processed analysis of the inputs (i);
(ii) and (iii), thereby to obtain data on queue performance without the need to track each subject all of the time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing of human traffic subjects, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by a stitching analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, and wherein the stitching analytic process is effected on a principal of providing a predicted movement of sensing of the human traffic subjects being sensed in a queue, such that when movement of separate sensing of movement of the human traffic subjects does not occur within a predetermined time, the stitching analytic process projects representative movement of the subjects in the queue including inputs of tracking information being (i) counts the number of subjects that enter and exit a queue, (ii) generating real time velocity vectors for selected parts of the queue, (iii) detecting subject population density of the selected parts of the queue, and (iv) rendering sensed subjects to follow a path based on this processed analysis of the inputs (i);
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11. A three-dimensional LiDAR device sensing system comprising at least two time-of-flight LiDAR ranging devices, each LiDAR device includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics;
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by an analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, for providing a tracking service to an operator of a facility;
the devices providing data about the movement of the humans in the facility relative to the location such data including at least one of entry into the location, departure from the location, amount of time spent in the vicinity of the location; the unit receiving the data from the devices and photographs from a camera to constitute flow control information; a location server for receiving location data of a communication device associated with a human, the location data defining the detected position of the communication device at a number of different points in time, the location server further being arranged to receive data associated with the location data indicative of the order in which the location data was determined;
wherein the server is further arranged to compare the received location data and area data defining a plurality of areas and to associate the received location data with one of the plurality of areas; and
determining the human'"'"'s path passing through an area; andthe tracking service receiving data from the unit, the flow control information of the photographs and the location data from the location server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by an analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, for providing a tracking service to an operator of a facility;
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15. A three-dimensional LiDAR device sensing system comprising at least two time-of-flight LiDAR ranging devices, each LiDAR device includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics;
- and each LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing, the two devices being mounted within a building on a support structure in spaced relationship from each other, the fields of sensing from each LiDAR device being at least adjacent the other whereby collectively an enhanced field or area of sensing of an area in the building is achieved, each LiDAR device being tuned to sense human traffic, a unit for collecting sensed data from each LiDAR device such that tracking information and movement of human traffic over the enhanced area is received by the unit, the sensing data of each LiDAR device being stitched by an analytical process with data from the other data from the associated LiDAR device to provide an enlarged sensing profile, wherein the plurality of areas having LiDAR device search areas are located on different floors of a building, the floors being in different vertically disposed relationship to each other, and wherein the analytic process effects stitching of data from the different floors, thereby to track humans moving between the different floors.
- View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A three-dimensional LiDAR device sensing system for providing a tracking service to an operator of an airport facility-building, the airport facility comprising a door for entry into the facility from an outside position from the facility, a first area between the door and a security checking location within the facility, the security checking location, and a second area beyond the security checking location and providing information of movement of humans from the first area through the security checking location and into the second area, including applying data from:
- at least one time-of-flight light detection and ranging sensor (‘
LiDAR”
) ranging device, the LiDAR device includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics; and
the LiDAR device covering a field or area of sensing of a zone, the device being mounted within a building on a support structure, the LiDAR device providing data from the field or area of sensing of the zone, such data including from the LiDAR device being for sensing human traffic from the sensed data, and providing a sensing profile of tracking information and movement of human traffic over the field or area, the sensing data of the LiDAR device being in an analytical process to provide a sensing profile, the profile additionally including data relating to characteristics of the field or area of sensing in the building, and wherein the profile additionally includes data relating to characteristics of a normal regular expected pattern or sequence of activity in the building, applying artificial intelligence software to enable a perception of objects based on data collected by one or more LiDAR sensors, and software for enabling detection, measurement, tracking, identification and classification of objects, and further selectively triggering actions based on real-time scenario analysis in 3D. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
- at least one time-of-flight light detection and ranging sensor (‘
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