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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Sean Schumer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Mark Mellini, Denville, NJ (US);
Sean Schumer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Mark Mellini, Denville, NJ (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, program and system utilizing a number of field-deployed sensors to accurately detect and classify objects/events (targets) of interest within a sensor field including the detection/classification of human beings travelling on-foot or with vehicles and their direction(s) of travel. In particular, the method, computer program and system are operable to determine whether a detected target is an animal, human or vehicle via analysis of received acoustic and sensor data. The analyses performed include comparison/correlation of the sensor data to known seismic cyclostationary signatures, acoustic and seismic characteristics of human footsteps and travel tendencies, and acoustic and seismic characteristics of non-human (animal) footsteps and travel tendencies.