Determining confidence of object identification

US8468111B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Nora T. Tgavalekos · Tewksbury, US
• Brian J. Scannell · Cambridge, US
• Elizabeth Begin · Billerica, US
• George C. Adams · Ann Arbor, US
• Samuel H. Rosenthal · Lowell, US
• Seanna J. Gittler · Denver, US
• Eric Scheid · Bloomington, US
• Arthur B. Johnson · Andover, US
• Kenric P. Nelson · Hollis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/726
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for determining confidence of object identification. The technology includes selecting at least one confidence rule from a plurality of confidence rules based on a first discrimination identification and a second discrimination identification. The technology further includes generating an object confidence weight based on one or more first identification parameters, one or more second identification parameters, and the selected at least one confidence rule. The technology further includes fusing the received set of data based on an alpha parameter, a beta parameter, and the object confidence weight. The technology further includes generating a probability of identification of a classification of the object based on the fused data.