Kaman Aerospace Corporation

Thomas L Corwin

Kent P Pflibsen

R Norris Keeler

Lonnie K Calmes

Tom A Stefanick

Stanley D Kuo

Henry R Richardson

Michael V Finn

F Gregory Close

A novel data processing technique is provided for employing a physical model as an element in a process for automatic target detection of a target viewed by an imaging lidar system. The present invention obtains estimates for the mean and variance of the probability distributions for random video levels which are output from a camera. These estimates are obtained under various assumptions about the state of the target.

Method and apparatus for improved visual display of a target viewed by

A novel data processing technique is provided for detecting, locating and identifying targets from a plurality of images generated by an imaging sensor such as an imaging lidar system. The present invention employs physical models of signals produced by target objects of interest. Such a model based detection system globally processes frames of data to determine the existence and location of component elements that characterize the target being modeled.

Automatic target detection process

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Thomas L Corwin