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Process for the identification of objects

US7627170B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2005
Grant dateDec 1, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V2201/11
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a process for identifying an unknown object. In detail, the process includes the steps of: 1) compiling data on selected features on a plurality of segments of a plurality of known objects; 2) illuminating the unknown object with a laser radar system; 3) dividing the unknown object into a plurality segments corresponding to each of the segments of the known objects; 4) sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object; and 5) comparing the sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object to the selected features on the plurality of segments of the plurality of known objects.

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