Target Object Recognition in Infrared Images
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDmitriy V. Korchev, Yuri Owechko, Mark A. Curry
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for recognizing target objects. The method comprises identifying a group of target objects in an image. Further, the method comprises forming a group of chips encompassing the group of target objects identified in the image. Yet further, the method comprises recognizing the group of target objects in the group of chips using a group of filters, wherein the group of filters was created using a group of models for reference objects and environmental information for a location where the group of target objects was located when the image was generated, wherein a filter in the group of filters comprises a group of reference images for a reference object in the reference objects.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- an object detector that identifies a group of target objects in an image and forms a group of chips encompassing the group of target objects identified in the image;
- a filter system including a group of filters created using a group of models for a group of reference objects and environmental information for a location where the group of target objects was located when the image was generated, wherein a filter in the group of filters comprises a group of reference images for a reference object in the group of reference objects;
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- an object identifier that recognizes the group of target objects in the group of chips using the group of filters.
A method for recognizing target objects comprising:
- identifying a group of target objects in an image;
- forming a group of chips encompassing the group of target objects identified in the image;
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- recognizing the group of target objects in the group of chips using a group of filters, wherein the group of filters is created using a group of models for reference objects and environmental information for a location where the group of target objects was located when the image was generated, wherein a filter in the group of filters comprises a group of reference images for a reference object in the reference objects.
An automatic object identifier system comprising:
- a potential object detector that receives an infrared image from a camera system and identifies a group of target objects in an image and forms a group of chips encompassing the group of target objects identified in the image;
- a preprocessor that removes hot spots from the group of chips;
- a filter system that receives the image from the preprocessor after the hot spots are removed from the group of chips and outputs a group of values from a group of filters for each chip in the group of chips, wherein the filter system includes the group of filters created using a group of models for reference objects and environmental information for a location where the group of target objects was located when the image was generated and wherein a filter in the group of filters comprises a group of reference images for a reference object in the reference objects;
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- an object identifier that recognizes a target object in the chip using the group of values output by the group of filters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.