System and method for central association and tracking in passive coherent location applications
First Claim
1. A method for associating a line track with a target for a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
- receiving a detection report at least partly derived from said comparison data, said detection report having said line track corresponding to said target;
computing a target state using measurements of said line track;
computing a state covariance using said measurement of said line track;
scoring said line track according to said target state and said state covariance; and
assigning said line track to a target track according to said scoring.
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Abstract
A system and method for central association and tracking for PCL applications is disclosed. Detection reports are received at a target tracking processing system. The detection reports include measurements correlating to line tracks associated with target echoes in earlier processing operations. In addition, other information, such as parameters and observables, are received by the target track processing system. The target track processing system performs a line track association function and a track filtering function on the line tracks according to the measurements within the detection reports. These operations also predict and estimate target parameters for tracking. Target parameters are extrapolated from the propagated and updated target tracks, and fed to a display for a user, or back into the PCL system for further processing.
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67 Claims
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1. A method for associating a line track with a target for a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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receiving a detection report at least partly derived from said comparison data, said detection report having said line track corresponding to said target;
computing a target state using measurements of said line track;
computing a state covariance using said measurement of said line track;
scoring said line track according to said target state and said state covariance; and
assigning said line track to a target track according to said scoring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for associating and tracking target data within a passive coherent location system, said target data including measurements from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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computing a target state and a state covariance from said measurements, said measurements at least partly comprising said comparison data from said direct and reflected signals;
assigning a line track correlating said target data to a target track according to said target state and said state covariance;
initializing said target track;
initializing a filter according to said target state and said state covariance;
tracking said target track with said filter; and
extrapolating said target data from said target track. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for associating a line track to a target track for target tracking operations within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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determining a candidate association combination for said line track;
applying at least one gate to said candidate association combination;
estimating a target state for said line track;
estimating a state covariance for said line track;
computing a score for said candidate association combination according to said target state and said state covariance; and
assigning said line track to a target track according to said score. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for filtering a target track correlating with a detection report having measurements associated with a target within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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computing corrections for a target state and state covariance for said detection report, said detection report at least partly derived from said comparison data;
updating said target state and said state covariance with said corrections; and
propagating said target track with said updated target state and said updated state covariance. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for estimating target parameters for a target in a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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detection reports comprising measurements at least partly derived from said comparison data;
a line track association function to associate a line track correlating to said detection reports to a target track;
a track filtering function to propagate said target track according to said measurements; and
a target extrapolation function to calculate said target parameters from said target track and said measurements. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for associating a line track to a target track in a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver and wherein said line track correlates to at least one detection report, comprising:
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a nonlinear least squares batch estimator to compute a target state and state covariance for measurements from said at least one detection report at least partly derived from said comparison data and to score a candidate associate combination for said line track; and
a line track assignment function to assign said line track according to said score for said candidate associate combination. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system for track filtering a target track in a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver and wherein said target track is associated with a line track from at least one detection report, comprising:
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a filter to compute corrections to a target state and state covariance to update said target track using a means for computing measurement residuals and partial derivatives of measurements from said at least one detection report; and
a validity checker to check said updated target track using a velocity magnitude component and an acceleration magnitude component. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A system for associating a line track for a target for a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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means for receiving a detection report, at least partly derived from said comparison data, said detection report having said line track corresponding to said target;
means for computing a target state and state covariance for measurements of said line track;
means for scoring said line track according to said target state and said state covariance; and
means for assigning said line track to a target track according to said scoring.
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61. A system for associating and tracking target data within a passive coherent location system, said target data including measurements from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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means for computing a target state and state covariance from said measurements, said measurements at least partly comprising comparison data from said direct and reflected signals;
means for assigning a line track correlating to said target data to a target track according to said target state and said state covariance;
means for initializing said target track;
means for initializing a filter according to said target state and said state covariance;
means for tracking said target track with said filter; and
means for extrapolating said target data from said target track.
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62. A system for associating a line track to a target track for target tracking operations within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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means for determining a candidate association combination for said line track;
means for applying at least one gate to said candidate association combination;
means for estimating a target state and a state covariance for said line track;
means for computing a score for said candidate association combination according to said target state and said state covariance; and
means for assigning said line track to a target track according to said score.
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63. A system for filtering a target track correlating with a detection report having measurements associated with a target within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses comparison data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, comprising:
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means for computing corrections for a target state and state covariance for said detection report, said detection report at least partly derived from said comparison data;
means for updating said target state and said state covariance with said corrections; and
means for propagating said target track with said updated target state and said updated state covariance.
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64. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for associating a line track for a target for a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses at least one of time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) and frequency-difference-of-arrival (FDOA) data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, and the computer program product adapted when run on a computer to execute steps, including:
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receiving a detection report at least partly derived from said data, said detection report having said line track corresponding to said target;
computing a target state and state covariance for measurements of said line track;
scoring said line track according to said target state and said state covariance; and
assigning said line track to a target track according to said scoring.
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65. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for associating and tracking target data within a passive coherent location system, said target data including measurements from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver said target data including measurements, the computer program product adapted when run on a computer to execute steps, including:
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computing a target state and state covariance from said measurements said measurements at least partly comprising at least one of TDOA and FDOA data;
assigning a line track correlating to said target data to a target track according to said target state and said state covariance;
initializing said target track;
initializing a filter according to said target state and said state covariance;
tracking said target track with said filter; and
extrapolating said target data from said target track.
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66. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for associating a line track to a target track for target tracking operations within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses at least one of TDOA and FDOA data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, the computer program product adapted when run on a computer to execute steps, including:
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determining a candidate association combination for said line track;
applying at least one gate to said candidate association combination;
estimating a target state and a state covariance for said line track;
computing a score for said candidate association combination according to said target state and said state covariance; and
assigning said line track to a target track according to said score.
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67. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for filtering a target track correlating with a detection report having measurements associated with a target within a passive coherent location system, wherein said passive coherent location system uses at least one of TDOA and FDOA data from a direct and a reflected signal emitted from one or more transmitters geographically separated from a receiver, the computer program product adapted when run on a computer to execute steps, including:
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computing corrections for a target state and state covariance for said detection report, said detection report being at least partly derived from said data;
updating said target state and said state covariance with said corrections; and
propagating said target track with said updated target state and said updated state covariance.
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