ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,459, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Object tracking using spatial voting" was invented by Holger M. Jaenisch (Toney, Ala.), James W. Handley (Decatur, Ala.) and Michael D. Dubois (Franklin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for tracking an object can include receiving first data input including first feature values of features that indicate a first position. The method can further include generating a first grid of cells representing an object track with the received feature values within an extent of the first grid of cells. The method can further include receiving second data input in...