Two-stage detection and discrimination system for side scan sonar equipment
US5493539A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8902
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic method for finding mines in side scan sonar images using a two-stage detection/discrimination process is provided. This method improves the discrimination process by specialized processing of regions of interest found in the detection process to increase the probability of correctly identifying highlight and shadow regions associated with mine images. Features specifically selected for their ability to discriminate mines are then extracted from these areas for use in the Bayesian discriminator.
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