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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas K Lo, Tucson, AZ (US);
W Scott Johnston, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342159 ;
Abstract
A processor and method for discriminating against interference during target acquisition and reacquisition processing of densely cluttered images. The processor and method that adaptively estimates the feature probability density function of the interference from the image data. The estimated interference probability density function, along with target feature estimates are input to a Bayesian classifier that discriminates the interference from the target.