Systems and methods for efficient targeting

US11726197B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Technologies Inc. · US

Inventors

• Muthu M. Baskaran · Old Tappan, US
• Thomas Henretty · Brooklyn, US
• Ann Johnson · River Forest, US
• Athanasios Konstantinidis · Brooklyn, US
• M. H. Langston · New Windsor, US
• Janice O. McMahon · Bethesda, US
• Benoit J. Meister · New York, US
• Paul D. Mountcastle · Moorestown, US
• Aale Naqvi · New York, US
• Benoit Pradelle · Brooklyn, US
• Tahina Ramananandro · New York, US
• Sanket Tavarageri · New York, US
• Richard A. Lethin · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S17/66
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for determining the physical path of an object can map several candidate paths to a suitable path space that can be explored using a convex optimization technique. The optimization technique may take advantage of the typical sparsity of the path space and can identify a likely physical path using a function of sensor observation as constraints. A track of an object can also be determined using a track model and a convex optimization technique.