Patent ID: 11861895
Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method for detecting and tracking an object from a helicopter, comprising:
orienting, by a processor integrated within a search light and coupled to a camera, the camera toward a region of interest;
receiving, by the processor, an input indicating at least one operation mode indicating at least one of a geographic region or a type of an object corresponding to the object;
receiving, by the processor, a video stream from the camera;
comparing, by the processor, the video stream against a pattern database;
determining, by the processor, the object is exhibiting an anomalous behavior based on the comparison of the video stream against various anomalous scenarios stored within the pattern database;
instructing, by the processor, the search light to point toward the object; and
instructing, by the processor, continuous tracking of the object.