HIGH FIDELITY TARGET IDENTIFICATION AND ACQUISITION THROUGH IMAGE STABILIZATION AND IMAGE SIZE REGULATION
First Claim
1. A system to identify targets comprising:
- a camera module to track a target and to generate a relatively stable image of the target while the target moves with respect to the camera module;
sensors to sense a movement of the camera module and to generate sensor data;
a memory storing a database of possible targets; and
a programmable processor communicatively coupled to each of the memory, the camera module and the sensors, wherein the programmable processor receives signals comprising information indicative of the image from the camera module and executes instructions in an instruction module, the instructions comprising exponentially stabilizing control laws based at least in part on the sensor data, and wherein the programmable processor executes instructions in the instruction module to determine a pattern match between the stable image of the target and one of the possible targets in the database.
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Abstract
A system to identify targets comprising a camera module to track a target and to generate a relatively stable image of the target while the target moves with respect to the camera module, sensors to sense a movement of the camera module and to generate sensor data, a memory storing a database of possible targets and a programmable processor communicatively coupled to each of the memory, the camera module and the sensors. The programmable processor receives signals comprising information indicative of the image from the camera module and executes instructions in an instruction module. The instructions comprise exponentially stabilizing control laws based at least in part on the sensor data. The programmable processor executes instructions in the instruction module to determine a pattern match between the stable image of the target and one of the possible targets in the database.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to identify targets comprising:
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a camera module to track a target and to generate a relatively stable image of the target while the target moves with respect to the camera module; sensors to sense a movement of the camera module and to generate sensor data; a memory storing a database of possible targets; and a programmable processor communicatively coupled to each of the memory, the camera module and the sensors, wherein the programmable processor receives signals comprising information indicative of the image from the camera module and executes instructions in an instruction module, the instructions comprising exponentially stabilizing control laws based at least in part on the sensor data, and wherein the programmable processor executes instructions in the instruction module to determine a pattern match between the stable image of the target and one of the possible targets in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method to identify and locate targets that move with respect to an imaging device, the method comprising:
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generating a relatively stable image of a target through exponentially stabilizing control laws; periodically transmitting information indicative of the image; processing the information indicative of the image; providing feedback to track and locate the target in a series of images of the tracked target; and determining whether the tracked image matches information indicative of a possible target in a database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to identify targets comprising:
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means for tracking a target that moves with respect to the tracking means; means for exponentially stabilizing the images generated by the means for tracking; and means, responsive to the means for exponentially stabilizing, for identifying the tracked target. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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