Methods and arrangements to enhance gridlocking
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first set of tracks from a first sensor and a second set of tracks from a second sensor, wherein a first track of the first set of tracks and a second track of the second set of tracks comprise data sensed for an object within a sensor overlap substantially simultaneously;
generating a first image having a first feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the first set of tracks; and
generating a second image having a second feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the second set of tracks, wherein the second feature is substantially similar to the first feature to facilitate a determination of a relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor; and
outputting the first image and the second image to an image correlation system.
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Abstract
The present invention is in the area of gridlocking or sensor registration. Embodiments encompass systems of process and/or equipment to format tracks from more than one sensor to be compared or correlated by statistical and/or optical correlation techniques to provide coordinate transformations between one or more of the sensors based upon the objects or a subset of the objects tracked by each sensor. Embodiments may take into account determinations or calculations regarding tracks describing the same object by different sensors and may take into account errors in those determinations by comparing pairs of tracks associated with more than one object at the same or substantially the same time. Further, many embodiments comprise software that can execute on a laptop, desktop, or similar computer.
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30 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first set of tracks from a first sensor and a second set of tracks from a second sensor, wherein a first track of the first set of tracks and a second track of the second set of tracks comprise data sensed for an object within a sensor overlap substantially simultaneously;
generating a first image having a first feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the first set of tracks; and
generating a second image having a second feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the second set of tracks, wherein the second feature is substantially similar to the first feature to facilitate a determination of a relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor; and
outputting the first image and the second image to an image correlation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a track input to receive a first set of tracks from a first sensor having a first track and a second set of tracks from a second sensor having a second track, wherein the first track is associated with an object and the second track is associated with the object;
an image generator coupled with said track input to generate a first image having a first feature based upon the first track and to generate a second image having a second feature, similar to the first feature, based upon the second track to facilitate a determination of a relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor; and
an image output coupled with said image generator to output the first image and the second image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An system, comprising:
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a comparator to determine a coordinate transformation for a first sensor and a second sensor;
an association system coupled with said comparator to select a subset of tracks from the first sensor to generate a first image;
a track input coupled with said association system to receive a first set of tracks from the first sensor having a first track and a second set of tracks from the second sensor having a second track, wherein the first track is associated with an object and the second track is associated with the object;
an image generator coupled with said track input to generate a first image having a first feature based upon the first track and to generate a second image having a second feature, similar to the first feature, based upon the second track to facilitate a determination of a relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor; and
an image output coupled with said image generator to output the first image and the second image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine-readable medium containing instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
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receiving a first set of tracks from a first sensor and a second set of tracks from a second sensor, wherein a first track of the first set of tracks and a second track of the second set of tracks comprise data sensed for an object within a sensor overlap substantially simultaneously;
generating a first image having a first feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the first set of tracks;
generating a second image having a second feature to describe objects concurrently within the sensor overlap based upon the second set of tracks, wherein the second feature is substantially similar to the first feature to facilitate a determination of a relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor; and
outputting the first image and the second image to an image correlation system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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