Loral Vought Systems Corporation

David Collis Williams, Jr

Gary Kim Jenkins

Arthur Steven Bornowski

Bruno Jack Evans

A visual recognition system is disclosed for detecting a target within a scene. A LADAR system and method is employed for scanning laser light signals across a scene having a target to be characterized. Laser light reflected from the target is detected and processed into a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional image is segmented to separate the target from the overall scene. Substantially, only the segmented target data is either displayed locally or transmitted via a narrow bandwidth transmission medium to a remote site for display. The invention finds particular application in military situations where enemy armor is detected and the segmented version of the armor is transmitted via SINCGARS.

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Burleson, TX, United States of America

David Collis Williams, Jr