E-FIELD/B-FIELD/ACOUSTIC GROUND TARGET DATA FUSED MULTISENSOR METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. In a surveillance system comprising a number of individual sensors, wherein the number of individual sensors includes at least one E-Field sensor and at least one B-Field sensor, an object determination method comprising the steps of:
- determining, from data acquired by the E-Field sensor(s) whether an object sensed by the sensor(s) is a human being;
determining, from data acquired by the B-Field sensor(s) whether the object sensed by the sensor(s) has metallic characteristic(s); and
determining, from the above determinations, the nature of the object(s) wherein the object is one selected from the group consisting of;
1) No Object;
2) A Human Being Without Metal;
3) A Human Being With Metal;
or
4) A Vehicle.
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Abstract
A set of sensors and accompanying method(s) that permit the rapid and reliable determination of the type of object sensed within a surveillance area thereby allowing accurate, real-time threat assessment and associated action(s). The set of sensors (or multisensor) deployed with the surveillance area may include E-Field sensors, B-Field sensors and Acoustic sensors that provide sensor specific characteristics of an object which—when processed according to our data fusion method(s)—produces higher order information such as the ability to accurately differentiate between humans, humans not carrying magnetic materials, humans carrying magnetic materials (such as firearms), and vehicles—both armored and unarmored.
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8 Claims
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1. In a surveillance system comprising a number of individual sensors, wherein the number of individual sensors includes at least one E-Field sensor and at least one B-Field sensor, an object determination method comprising the steps of:
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determining, from data acquired by the E-Field sensor(s) whether an object sensed by the sensor(s) is a human being; determining, from data acquired by the B-Field sensor(s) whether the object sensed by the sensor(s) has metallic characteristic(s); and determining, from the above determinations, the nature of the object(s) wherein the object is one selected from the group consisting of;
1) No Object;
2) A Human Being Without Metal;
3) A Human Being With Metal;
or
4) A Vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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