Lockheed Martin Corporation

Steven Robert Stanfill

Abhijit Mahalanobis

Robert R Muise

Daniel B Rutherford

Hassan N Beydoun

Jonathan D Tucker

Ramamurthy Bhagavatula

Using geospatial context information in image processing is disclosed. Contextual information that identifies features in an area of earth is accessed. An image of the area of the earth is accessed. A mask is generated based on the contextual information. The mask spatially corresponds to the image and identifies at least one image portion of interest in the image and at least one image portion of non-interest in the image. The at least one image portion of interest is processed to detect a target depicted in the at least one image portion of interest.

Using geospatial context information in image processing

A passive automatic target recognition (ATR) system includes a range map processor configured to generate range-to-pixel map data based on digital elevation map data and parameters of a passive image sensor. The passive image sensor is configured to passively acquire image data. The passive ATR system also includes a detection processor configured to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the passively acquired sensor image data based on the range-to-pixel map data, and an ATR processor configured to generate an ATR decision for the ROI.

System and method for passive automatic target recognition (ATR)

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Steven Robert Stanfill