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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:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas P Vogl, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kim T Blackwell, Wheaton, MD (US);
Daniel L Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health, , US;
ERIM, International, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382195 ; 382288 ; 382295 ;
Abstract
An image recognition and classification system includes a preprocessor in which a 'top-down' method is used to extract features from an image; an associative learning neural network system, which groups the features into patterns and classifies the patterns: and a feedback mechanism which improves system performance by tuning preprocessor scale, feature detection, and feature selection.