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Method and system to perform optical moving object detection and tracking over a wide area

  • US 8,416,298 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2008
  • Issued: 04/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for moving object detection, comprising:

  • in an airborne vehicle;

    (a) generating a time series of multi-exposures of scenes, each multi-exposure of a scene comprising a sequence of at least two at least partially overlapping images of that scene captured in rapid succession, wherein the time series of multi-exposures periodically revisits substantially the same scenes;

    (b) detecting moving objects within each multi-exposure by comparing its sequence of overlapping images;

    (c) generating data characterizing the moving objects; and

    (d) transmitting only the data characterizing the moving objects to a ground station; and

    in said ground station;

    (e) based on the data characterizing the moving objects, tracking the moving objects;

    wherein the data characterizing the moving objects comprises, for each moving object, a capture time, object location coordinates, an object velocity vector, and a thumbnail image of the object.

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