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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Inventors:
Scott Way, West Linn, OR (US);
Cynthia I. Archer, Sherwood, OR (US);
Assignee:
FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); F41G 7/30 (2006.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01); F41G 7/32 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00664 (2013.01); F41G 7/00 (2013.01); F41G 7/303 (2013.01); F41G 7/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved emitter tracking system. In aspects of the present teachings, the presence of a desired emitter may be established by a relatively low-power emitter detection module, before images of the emitter and/or its surroundings are captured with a relatively high-power imaging module. Capturing images of the emitter may be synchronized with flashes of the emitter, to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the captured images.