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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:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Brandstetter, Levittown, NY (US);
Nils J Fonneland, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Assignee:
Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06E / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364822 ; 382 31 ;
Abstract
A system for identifying and determining the orientation and location of multiple objects includes a camera and a mechanism for permitting the camera to scan a scene containing the objects. Objects in the moving scene are identified by optical filtering. Filters representing each of the objects to be identified are stored in a digital image memory, from which they are retrieved as needed, Fourier transformed, and loaded into a spatial light modulator to form a matched filter for an input image modulated and transformed laser beam.