INTEGRATED STILL IMAGE, MOTION VIDEO AND SPEED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A unitary system for integrating image and speed determination data, the system comprising:
- a common processor block;
an image sensor coupled to said common processor block and operative therewith to capture images of a target;
a laser subsystem coupled to said common processor block and operative therewith to determine a distance and speed of said target relative to said system; and
a memory block coupled to said common processor block operative to store said images of said target received from said image sensor and data representative of said distance and speed of said target received from said laser subsystem.
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Abstract
Devices capable of capturing still and motion imagery are integrated with an accurate distance and speed measuring apparatus. By measuring the changing distance of the target over that time, a target'"'"'s speed can be determined. At substantially the same time as the target'"'"'s speed is determined, imagery of the target is captured in both a still and moving format. Using a queuing mechanism for both distance and imagery data along with time stamps associated with each, a target'"'"'s image, both in motion and still, can be integrated with its speed. In situations in which a still image is unavailable, a target'"'"'s speed can be associated with a portion of a continuous stream of motion imagery to a point where a positive identification can be captured with a still image.
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34 Claims
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1. A unitary system for integrating image and speed determination data, the system comprising:
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a common processor block; an image sensor coupled to said common processor block and operative therewith to capture images of a target; a laser subsystem coupled to said common processor block and operative therewith to determine a distance and speed of said target relative to said system; and a memory block coupled to said common processor block operative to store said images of said target received from said image sensor and data representative of said distance and speed of said target received from said laser subsystem. - 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 speed measurement device for determining a speed of a moving object at a first distance; and an image capture mechanism integrated with said speed measurement device for storing a sequence of images of said moving object from said first distance to a second lesser distance, said apparatus associating an instantaneous speed with at least a subset of said sequence of images and wherein said moving object is probabilistically uniquely identifiable in at least one of said images at said second distance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for integrating object image and speed data, the method comprising;
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determining a speed of a moving object using a speed measurement device; capturing video images of said moving target with an image sensor and storing said images in a memory block with associated instantaneous speeds of said moving object; and capturing a higher resolution still image of said moving target with said image sensor and storing said higher resolution still image in said memory block, wherein said video images and said higher resolution still image of said moving target are associated with at least one of said determined speeds of said moving object. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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determining a speed of a moving object utilizing a laser rangefinder; sampling a plurality of received laser pulses returned from said moving object over a period of time; and determining said speed of said moving object utilizing a sliding sample window of a set of said received laser pulses. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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