Image analysis – Applications – Target tracking or detecting
Patent
1993-03-30
2000-09-12
Chang, Jon
Image analysis
Applications
Target tracking or detecting
382304, G06K 900
Patent
active
061188867
ABSTRACT:
An automatic target recognition apparatus (10) is provided, having a video camera/digitizer (12) for producing a digitized image signal (20) representing an image containing therein objects which objects are to be recognized if they meet predefined criteria. The digitized image signal (20) is processed within a video analysis subroutine (22) residing in a computer (14) in a plurality of parallel analysis chains such that the objects are presumed to be lighter in shading than the background in the image in three of the chains and further such that the objects are presumed to be darker than the background in the other three chains. In two of the chains the objects are defined by surface texture analysis using texture filter operations. In another two of the chains the objects are defined by background subtraction operations. In yet another two of the chains the objects are defined by edge enhancement processes. In each of the analysis chains a calculation operation independently determines an error factor relating to the probability that the objects are of the type which should be recognized, and a probability calculation operation combines the results of the analysis chains.
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Baumgart Chris W.
Ciarcia Christopher A.
Chang Jon
Daubenspeck William C.
Moser William R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Valdes Miquel A.
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