Image analysis – Applications – Personnel identification
Patent
1997-07-24
1999-09-14
Kelley, Christopher S.
Image analysis
Applications
Personnel identification
382211, G06K 900
Patent
active
059534427
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method and apparatus for automatically placing a first unknown image, such as an unknown fingerprint image, into one of a plurality of categories. The invention includes storing in a library a plurality of value series, each of which series is derived from the frequency representation of an image category. The categorization process and apparatus takes the frequency image of a first unknown pattern to create a first frequency image. The frequency image plane of the first (unknown) frequency image is divided into a plurality of frequency image plane regions. Each of the frequency image plane regions may be an angular segment radiating from the origin of the frequency image plane. A region value is assigned to each of the frequency image plane regions based on the total energy in the frequency image in that region. The region values for the first frequency image are combined to generate a first series of region values. The first series of region values is compared in a comparator with each of the stored value series. The comparator preferably performs a correlation function on the pattern or series of the regional values using the one dimensional frequency transform of the spatial representation of the pattern of series of regional values.
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Dennis Phillip Wayne
Dydyk Robert Barry
Mills Stuart A.
Arthur David J.
Kelley Christopher S.
Litton Systems Inc.
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