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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2004
Randal L. Schmitt, Tijeras, NM (US);
Susan Fae Ann Bender, Tijeras, NM (US);
Philip J. Rodacy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip J. Hargis, Jr., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark S. Johnson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Randal L. Schmitt, Tijeras, NM (US);
Susan Fae Ann Bender, Tijeras, NM (US);
Philip J. Rodacy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip J. Hargis, Jr., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark S. Johnson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking the movement and position of mobile agents using light detection and ranging (LIDAR) as a stand-off optical detection technique. The positions of the agents are tracked by analyzing the time-history of a series of optical measurements made over the field of view of the optical system. This provides a (time+3-D) or (time+2-D) mapping of the location of the mobile agents. Repeated pulses of a laser beam impinge on a mobile agent, such as a bee, and are backscattered from the agent into a LIDAR detection system. Alternatively, the incident laser pulses excite fluorescence or phosphorescence from the agent, which is detected using a LIDAR system. Analysis of the spatial location of signals from the agents produced by repeated pulses generates a multidimensional map of agent location.