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Method and system for tracking material

US9678052B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The University of Sydney · AU

Inventors

Chris Innes · Parramatta, AU
Eric Nettleton · Hawker, AU
Hugh Durrant-Whyte · Sydney, AU
Arman Melkumyan · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2011
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01G19/08
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for tracking material through a production chain or operational process chain in which the material is transferred via a plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material (12, 14, 16, 18). A dynamic state space (430) is maintained descriptive of the plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material, wherein a quantity of entries in the dynamic state space is augmented or diminished dependent on a quantity of spatially distinct lumped masses being tracked. Measurements relating to an observed lumped mass of material are fused into the dynamic state space and a dynamic covariance matrix to provide an updated estimate of material in the plurality of spatially distinct lumped masses of material.

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