Industry Patents
Patent: 8259997
Real-Time Tracking System
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| Patent Number: |
8259997 |
| Title: |
Real-Time Tracking System |
| Abstract: |
There is provided a real-time tracking system and a method associated
therewith for identifying and tracking objects moving in a physical
region, typically for producing a physical effect, in real-time, in
response to the movement of each object. The system scans a plane, which
intersects a physical space, in order to collect reflection-distance data
as a function of position along the plane. The reflection-distance data
is then processed by a shape-analysis subsystem in order to locate among
the reflection-distance data, a plurality of discontinuities, which are
in turn associated to one or more detected objects. Each detected object
is identified and stored in an identified-object structure. The scanning
and processing is repeated for a number of iterations, wherein each
detected object is identified with respect to the previously scanned
objects, through matching with the identified-object structures, in order
to follow the course of each particular object.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Audet, Bleton, Pasquier |
| Assignee: |
Moment Factory |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
G06K 9/00 |
| US Classification: |
382/103 |
| Issue Date: |
09-04-2012 |
| Filing Date: |
07-13-2009 |
| Application : |
12/502077 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
8259997 at Freepatentsonline |
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World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
8259997 at Google Patents |
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