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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Thomas Baby Sebastian, Chatham, NJ (US);
Eric Daniel Buehler, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini, Lowell, MI (US);
Benjamin Thomas Occhipinti, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Konrad Robert Kuczynski, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Richard Shawn Kelly, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Matthew James Schafer, Kentwood, MI (US);
Rebecca Jeanne Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of tracking motion of at least one object of a group of moving objects using hyperspectral imaging includes, among other things, obtaining a series of hyperspectral image frames; comparing each frame in the series to a template to determine changes in the image between frames; identifying a group of pixels in each frame associated with the changes; identifying changes as motion of the moving objects; correlating the pixel groups frame to frame to spatially determine at least one parameter of the motion of the objects; and correlating the pixel groups with a spectral reflectance profile associated with the at least one object wherein the track of the at least one object is distinguishable from the tracks of other moving objects.