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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
Michael T. Chan, Bedford, MA (US);
Daniel J. Scarafoni, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander C. Bockman, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael T. Chan, Bedford, MA (US);
Daniel J. Scarafoni, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander C. Bockman, Brookline, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Surveillance systems and methods taught herein provide automated detection and classification of objects of interest in a submerged or underwater environment such as a body of water. The sonar systems and methods taught herein can detect and classify a variety of objects in echograms without feedback or instructions from a human operator. The sonar systems and methods taught herein include a data model that is partially trained using non-echogram image data and can associate geolocation information with detected objects of interest.