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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Eads Deutschland Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Hiebl, Neuburg a. d. Donau, DE;
Assignee:
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/50 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F42B 12/40 (2006.01); F41G 1/32 (2006.01); G01C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/50 (2013.01); F41H 13/00 (2013.01); F42B 12/40 (2013.01); F41G 1/32 (2013.01); G01C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for tracking a moving target object, in particular a vehicle. The method involves identification the target object, marking the target object with a marking invisible in the visible spectrum but retro-reflective in a selected wavelength range of the invisible spectrum of light, tracking the marked moving target object with an image capture device provided on a moving platform, which image capture device is sensitive in the selected wavelength range of the invisible spectrum.