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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Chris Innes, Baulkham Hills, AU;
Eric Nettleton, Research, AU;
Hugh Durrant-whyte, Rozelle, AU;
Arman Melkumyan, Lane Cove, AU;
Chris Innes, Baulkham Hills, AU;
Eric Nettleton, Research, AU;
Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Rozelle, AU;
Arman Melkumyan, Lane Cove, AU;
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for tracking material through a production chain or operational process chain in which the material is transferred via a plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material (). A dynamic state space () is maintained descriptive of the plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material, wherein a quantity of entries in the dynamic state space is augmented or diminished dependent on a quantity of spatially distinct lumped masses being tracked. Measurements relating to an observed lumped mass of material are fused into the dynamic state space and a dynamic covariance matrix to provide an updated estimate of material in the plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material.