System and method for determining relative positions of moving objects and sequence of such objects
First Claim
1. A method for ranking the relative movement of objects on a pathway, comprising:
- dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway;
receiving coordinate data from each of the objects;
identifying, based on the received coordinate data, if any objects are present in individual ones of the plurality of sectors;
determining, for any sector that has at least two objects, the positional order of the at least two objects within that sector; and
ranking the positional order of the plurality of objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects that are present in any sector are ordered as set by the determining.
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Abstract
A system and method for ranking the relative movement of objects on a pathway is provided. The method includes: dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; receiving coordinate data from each of the objects; identifying, based on the received coordinate data, if any objects are present in individual ones of the plurality of sectors; determining, for any sector that has at least two objects, the positional order of the at least two objects within that sector; and ranking the positional order of the plurality of objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects that are present in any sector are ordered as set by the determining.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for ranking the relative movement of objects on a pathway, comprising:
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dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; receiving coordinate data from each of the objects; identifying, based on the received coordinate data, if any objects are present in individual ones of the plurality of sectors; determining, for any sector that has at least two objects, the positional order of the at least two objects within that sector; and ranking the positional order of the plurality of objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects that are present in any sector are ordered as set by the determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. A method for ranking the relative movement of objects that are lapping a pathway, comprising:
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dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; identifying, for each object on the track, a lap in which the object is in and which of the plurality of sectors the object is in; determining, for any sector that has multiple objects in a common lap, the position order of the multiple objects within that sector and common lap; and generating a positional order of the objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the lap in which each object is present, within each lap the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects within any sector within a common lap are ordered as set by the determining. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for ranking the relative movement of objects that are lapping a race pathway, comprising:
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dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; receiving coordinate data from each of the objects; establishing the highest current nth lap in the race, where n is an integer; recursively for each kth lap in order from n to a lowest lap; identifying any of the objects in the kth lap; recursively for each sector, in order from a highest ranking sector to a lowest ranking sector; identifying whether any of the objects within the kth lap are within the sector; and if multiple objects are in the sector, determining a positional order of the multiple objects within the sector; displaying the positional order of the objects along the pathway in lap and sector order, including order of multiple objects within a sector pursuant to the determining.
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