IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,289
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,289 · App. 16/070,945 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Building management system using object detection and tracking in a large space with a low resolution sensor

Inventors: Alan Matthew Finn (Hebron, CT); Ziyou Xiong (Wethersfield, CT)
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
G06T7/254G06T7/277G06T2207/10048G06T2207/20024G06T2207/20076G06T2207/20081G06T2207/30232
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Patent No.
US 11,195,289
App. No.
16/070,945
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating an object detection and tracking system includes the step of estimating ( 202 ) a current background of a current frame of sensor data generated by a sensor based on a previous frame of sensor data by a computer-based processor. The method further includes estimating ( 204 ) a foreground of the current frame of sensor data by comparing the current frame of sensor data to the current background, and detecting ( 212 ) an object using a sensor-specific object model.

Claims (8)

1. A method of operating an object detection and tracking system comprising:

estimating a current background of a current frame of sensor data generated by a sensor and based on a previous frame of sensor data by a computer-based processor;

estimating a foreground of the current frame of sensor data by comparing the current frame of sensor data to the current background; and detecting an object using a sensor-specific object model, wherein the sensor is an absolute intensity sensor utilizing a chopper; and

tracking the object via a Bayesian Estimator, and wherein the sensor-specific object model is a chopped-data object model, wherein the chopped-data object model is learned by discriminative dictionary learning.

2. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the chopped-data object model is a Gaussian Mixture object model.

3. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the chopped-data object model is parameterized at least in-part by perspective data.

4. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the Bayesian Estimator is a Kalman Filter.

5. The method set forth in claim 1 , wherein the Bayesian Estimator is a Particle Filter.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2025
From: CARRIER CORPORATION; CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY EMEA; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY, LLC; CARRIER CANADA CORPORATION; CLIMATE, CONTROLS & SECURITY ARGENTINA S.A.; KIDDE IP HOLDINGS , INC.; KIDDE LTD.; KIDDE PRODUCTS LTD.; CARRIER TRANSICOLD AUSTRIA GMBH; CARRIER TRANSICOLD FRANCE SCS
To: KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC
Reel/Frame 072830/0556 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2018
From: FINN, ALAN MATTHEW; XIONG, ZIYOU
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046386/0833 →