Patent Document ID: 9482749
Application ID: 13570882
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for correlating object clusters observed by independent sensors when tracking the object clusters, the method comprising: obtaining, by a first sensor, a first sensor image having a plurality of first sensor image point objects, each of the plurality of first sensor image point objects corresponding to a different object; obtaining, by a second sensor remotely located from the first sensor, a second sensor image having a plurality of second sensor image point objects, each of the plurality of second sensor image point objects corresponding to a different object; determining, by a command and decision unit, first sensor image angular measurements for the plurality of first sensor image point objects; rotating, by the command and decision unit, the second sensor image relative to the first sensor image to align the second sensor image range axis with the first sensor image range axis; determining, by the command and decision unit, second sensor image angular measurements for the plurality of second sensor image point objects from the rotated second sensor image; comparing, by the command and decision unit, the first sensor angular measurements and the second sensor angular measurements; and identifying, by the command and decision unit based solely on the comparison of the first sensor angular measurements and the second sensor angular measurements, one or more correlated point object clusters comprising point object clusters in the first sensor image which correlate with point object clusters in the second sensor image.