US 12,254,780 B2
Computing device and method for tracking movement of objects
Rahul C. Thakkar, Arlington, VA (US); Michael J. Marich, Seal Beach, CA (US); Tad W. Kellogg, Bellevue, WA (US); and Surya K. Pandrangi, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,499, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0171397 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 9/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tracking movement of objects, the method comprising:
for a respective object, defining an object influence model having a shape and a volume that encompasses the respective object, wherein defining the object influence model comprises causing the shape and the volume of the object influence model to extend beyond the respective object and to vary in response to changes in one or more physical properties unrelated to movement of the object and in response to movement of the object;
receiving information from one or more sensors indicative of movement of the respective object;
predicting an anticipated path of travel of the respective object based upon the information from the one or more sensors indicative of movement of the respective object, wherein predicting the anticipated path of travel of the respective object comprises predicting the anticipated path of travel of the respective object based on historical information regarding a path of travel that was previously traveled by the respective object; and
identifying a potential collision between the respective object and another object in an instance in which the object influence model of the respective object intersects with an object influence model of the another object as the respective object is advanced along the anticipated path of travel.