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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Harry C. Lee, Maitland, FL (US);
Dat Nguyen, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Harry C. Lee, Maitland, FL (US);
Dat Nguyen, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of tracking a moving object by an emissivity of the moving object including receiving first frame data containing emissivity image data of an emissivity from the moving object within a scene, extracting characterization image data from the first frame data that represents edges and gradients of the emissivity, and analyzing the characterization image data for tracking information.