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Automatic scene correlation and identification

US7397970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2004
Grant dateJul 8, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/48
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Computer software for and a method of determining location of a target image within a two-dimensional input image by employing a three-dimensional reference image comprising determining object edge points in the input image; given estimated seeker line-of-sight orientation and range data, computing a two-dimensional reference image from the three-dimensional reference image; applying a weighted-direction-cross-product Hough Transform to the object edge points and points of the two-dimensional reference image; classifying the input image as containing a target image or not; if the image contains a target image, identifying a location of the target image within the two-dimensional input image; computing confidence measure as to the selected location of the target image; and in the case of sequential decision, also performing confidence accumulation through multi-frames or multi-looks.

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