Appeal No. 95-1217
Application 08/039,674
to recognize an object, such as a land mine, within a
digitized image. In the
claimed invention, a camera/digitizer transmits a digitized
image signal to a computer. The computer processes the image
by using a number of different analysis chains. Examples of
analysis techniques that may be used in these analysis chains
are object texture analysis, background subtraction, and
object edge enhancement. The analysis chains are shown in
Figure 3. Each of the analysis chains receives the image
signal and analyzes it in parallel with the other analysis
chains. The information obtained in each of the analysis
chains can be combined to obtain a single result.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An automatic target recognition apparatus for
recognizing an object within a digitized image, comprising:
a video camera and digitizer for producing a
digitized image;
and a computer for processing the digitized image,
wherein;
the image is processed in a plurality of parallel
analysis chains, each of said analysis chains being a distinct
means for analyzing the image such that the object may be
identified by one or more of said parallel analysis chains.
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