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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:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
Applicants:
William T. Jennings, Plano, TX (US);
José M. Gutiérrez, Rowlett, TX (US);
Inventors:
William T. Jennings, Plano, TX (US);
José M. Gutiérrez, Rowlett, TX (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an imaging system includes an interface, a plurality of filters, and a processor. The interface receives data blocks. The processor associates each data block with a processing step list that represents a filter chain that has at least a subset of the filters coupled in sequence. The processor filters each data block according to the filter chain represented by the associated processing step list.