Image Acquisition Unit, Acquisition Method, and Associated Control Unit
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1. An image acquisition unit comprising:
- a housing,a video camera system including at least one video camera and a video output for video arrayed data acquired via the at least one video camera,a lidar system including at least one lidar emitter and a lidar receiver, and a lidar output for lidar arrayed data acquired from the lidar receiver,a fusion integrator connected to both the video output and the lidar output for receiving both the video arrayed data and the lidar arrayed data, the fusion integrator having a co-registering function to co-register the video arrayed data and the lidar arrayed data into a combined arrayed data, andan output for the combined arrayed data leading out of the housing.
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Abstract
Video arrayed data acquired via at least one video camera, can be co-registered with lidar arrayed data acquired from a lidar receiver data into a combined arrayed data. The co-registration and data acquisition can be done within a common housing having an combined arrayed data output which can be connected to a control module. The control module can have a video signal acquirer, a video processor for processing the acquired video signal, a threat analyzer capable of detecting a threat from the processed video signal or from another source, and a memory storage device.
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1. An image acquisition unit comprising:
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a housing, a video camera system including at least one video camera and a video output for video arrayed data acquired via the at least one video camera, a lidar system including at least one lidar emitter and a lidar receiver, and a lidar output for lidar arrayed data acquired from the lidar receiver, a fusion integrator connected to both the video output and the lidar output for receiving both the video arrayed data and the lidar arrayed data, the fusion integrator having a co-registering function to co-register the video arrayed data and the lidar arrayed data into a combined arrayed data, and an output for the combined arrayed data leading out of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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acquiring video arrayed data from at least one video camera; acquiring lidar arrayed data from the reflected lidar signal received; and co-registering the video arrayed data with the lidar arrayed data into a combined arrayed data signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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- 20. A control module comprising a video signal acquirer, a video processor for processing the acquired video signal, a threat analyzer capable of detecting a threat from the processed video signal or from another source, and a memory storage device.
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