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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:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 48 ; 382 30 ; 382 31 ; 382 41 ; 382 33 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for determining the presence of a predetermined pattern in a spatial field. The invention involves selecting a collection of amplitude values on the basis of location within a multivalued-amplitude field and arranging sequences of amplitude values in order of their magnitude. Amplitude values occurring at predetermined ranks are chosen as characteristic quantities representative of the portion of the field under consideration. By inter-relating a plurality of these characteristic quantities, pattern recognition is accomplished. Preferably rank value filters are employed for producing the characteristic quantities.