Talking buried object detector
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1. A method of identifying objects comprising:
- sensing objects with a sensor and producing sensor outputs;
providing the sensor outputs from the sensor to the computer interface hardware and software in a computer;
processing the sensor outputs and making the sensor outputs available as processed inputs to computer algorithms;
providing the processed inputs to the object recognition algorithms;
identifying the objects with the object recognition algorithms and producing object-identifying outputs;
providing an identified objects database;
associating pre-digitized sound filed with identified objects in the database;
, providing the object-identifying outputs to an identified object database; and
providing a pre-digitized sound file associated with the identified object to a sound player and playing sounds from the sound file and audibly identifying the sensed object.
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Abstract
A spoken word-producing detector identifies objects by comparing signatures of detected objects with stored signatures of know objects. When the signatures compare, the detector produces stored word sounds associated with the detected object identifications. An annunciator produces the words from pre-digitized human voice sounds. A screen displays the words.
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1. A method of identifying objects comprising:
- sensing objects with a sensor and producing sensor outputs;
providing the sensor outputs from the sensor to the computer interface hardware and software in a computer;
processing the sensor outputs and making the sensor outputs available as processed inputs to computer algorithms;
providing the processed inputs to the object recognition algorithms;
identifying the objects with the object recognition algorithms and producing object-identifying outputs;
providing an identified objects database;
associating pre-digitized sound filed with identified objects in the database;
,providing the object-identifying outputs to an identified object database; and
providing a pre-digitized sound file associated with the identified object to a sound player and playing sounds from the sound file and audibly identifying the sensed object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
- sensing objects with a sensor and producing sensor outputs;
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14. A method of audibly identifying buried objects, comprising:
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creating a database;
storing returned signal characteristics of distinct buried or hidden objects in the database;
storing pre-digitized human voice sounds individually related to the objects in the database;
associating the pre-digitized human voice sounds with identified objects in the database;
moving a sensor over an area where buried or hidden objects may be located;
creating high frequency radar signals;
directing the high frequency radar signals;
directing the high frequency radar signals to the area;
sensing returned signal outputs from the area;
providing the returned signal outputs to interface hardware and software of a computer;
processing the returned signal outputs;
making the processed returned signal outputs available to computer algorithms;
providing the processed return signal outputs to object recognition software;
identifying objects from the processed return signal outputs with object recognition algorithms in the object recognition software;
providing processed information from the recognition algorithms to the database;
locating identified objects and associated pre-digitized human voice sounds in the database; and
supplying the associated pre-digitized human voice sounds to an annunciator and annunciating human voice sounds according to the identified objects.
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15. A buried object detector comprising:
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a sensor having a sensor output;
a computer having interface hardware and software connected to the sensor output for processing the sensor output and making the processed sensor output available to computer algorithms;
object recognition software connected to the interface software for identifying a sensed object according to the processed sensor output and producing object identification outputs;
a sounds database having object identifications;
a pre-digitized sound file for associating pre-digitized sounds with object identifications in the database;
annunciation pre-processing software for receiving the pre-digitized sounds associated with the object identification in the database; and
an annunciator connected to the computer for playing the pre-digitized sounds associated with the identified object.
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