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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas L Corwin, McLean, VA (US);
Henry R Richardson, Alexandria, VA (US);
Stanley D Kuo, Arlington, VA (US);
Tom A Stefanick, Arlington, VA (US);
R Norris Keeler, McLean, VA (US);
Kent Pflibsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lonnie K Calmes, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364578 ;
Abstract
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.