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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. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Marlin L Gendron, Pass Christian, MS (US);
Geary J. Layne, Superior, CO (US);
Maura C Lohrenz, Pearl River, LA (US);
Inventors:
Marlin L Gendron, Pass Christian, MS (US);
Geary J. Layne, Superior, CO (US);
Maura C Lohrenz, Pearl River, LA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/42 (2006.01); G06K 9/44 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an expansion shape to each of the initially set bits in the bitmap and identifying vertex bits on the boundary of the cluster formed by at least one expansion shape.