Patent Document ID: 10089751
Application ID: 15609150
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of determining the location of objects, the method comprising: receiving a video signal from each of a plurality of full motion video cameras observing an area; identifying predetermined traits in frames of each video signal, the predetermined traits being associated with the objects; demarcating a portion of the video frame with a two-dimensional shape, the demarcated portion containing the identified predetermined traits in the frames of each video signal; assigning geospatial information to the two-dimensional shape containing the identified predetermined traits, the geospatial information representing a location of a camera that acquired the frame; defining a plurality of three-dimensional shapes, each three-dimensional shape extending from a distance beyond the objects to the location of the camera for each frame of the video signal including the predetermined traits, each three-dimensional shape including a two-dimensional shape with the geospatial information; identifying each of the full motion video cameras associated with overlapping coverage of the area that provided the video signal where the two-dimensional shape demarcates the identified predetermined traits; calculating intersecting portions of the plural three-dimensional shapes by applying an intersect function to the defined three-dimensional shapes obtained from the full motion video cameras with overlapping coverage of the area, the intersect function outputting an intersecting shape; and determining a center of the intersecting shape, the center of the intercepting shape being a determined location of the object.