Patent ID: 8942425
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G01S,G06K,G06T,G08G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An airport surface surveillance system comprising: an image acquisition system for capturing frames of digital images of an area of the airport surface mapped to a predetermined coordinate system, and for executing a stabilization algorithm to provide corresponding frames of stabilized images, wherein the image acquisition system includes: a target identification system executing a target identification algorithm for identifying Pixels in th e frames of stabilized images which correspond to a target, the target identification system calculating a position of the target on the airport surface based on the identified pixels, wherein the target identification system includes an object processor executing the target identification algorithm for identifying background pixels of the frames of digital images and moving pixels of the frames od digital images corresponding to the target; and a display system for receiving the position of the target, and for generating a two-dimensional plan view of the airport surface with an icon representing the position of the target on a visual display, wherein the at least one camera is a first camera, and the camera array includes a second camera, the object processor is a first object processor connected to the first camera and the target identification system includes a second object processor connected to the second camera.