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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. 27, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Lawrence E. Albertelli, Owego, NY (US);
David L. Ii, Owego, NY (US);
Nina Kung, Owego, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A simple and robust method for determining the orientation angle of a scanned image or the angular orientation of an object in an electronic image based on using descriptors of the image and systems that implement the method are disclosed. A system including means for acquiring the electronic image, means for determining image centroid coordinates, means for obtaining second order moments corresponding to the image, and, means for determining an orientation angle of a principal axis of the image implements the method.