Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of tracking moveable objects by combining data obtained from multiple sensor types
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Application No.: US14311269Application Date: 2014-06-21
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Publication No.: US09664510B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Vaidhi Nathan , Chandan Gope , Lev Afraimovich , Sergey Soprykin , Roman Kholodov Valerievich
- Applicant: Intellivision Technologies Corp.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Intellivision Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee: Intellivision Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Stephen E. Zweig
- Main IPC: G01B21/00
- IPC: G01B21/00 ; G06F17/18 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K17/00

Abstract:
Method of tracking moveable objects (typically tagged objects that are moved by actors e.g. people, vehicles) by combining and analyzing data obtained from multiple types of sensors, such as video cameras, RFID tag readers, GPS sensors, and WiFi transceivers. Objects may be tagged by RFID tags, NFC tags, bar codes, or even tagged by visual appearance. The system operates in near real-time, and compensates for errors in sensor readings and missing sensor data by modeling object and actor movement according to a plurality of possible paths, weighting data from some sensors higher than others according to estimates of sensor accuracy, and weighing the probability of certain paths according to various other rules and penalty cost parameters. The system can maintain a comprehensive database which can be queried as to which actors associate with which objects, and vice versa. Other data pertaining to object location and association can also be obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140379296A1 METHOD OF TRACKING MOVEABLE OBJECTS BY COMBINING DATA OBTAINED FROM MULTIPLE SENSOR TYPES Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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