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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
John T. Cameron, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Timothy B. Faulkner, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Morteza Akbari, Rockledge, FL (US);
Jay Hackett, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
Method for identifying objects within a three-dimensional point cloud data set. The method includes a fractal analysis () on a data set where the data set is comprised of data points () having positions distributed in three-dimensions. The fractal analysis facilitates identification of one or more object classes. The object class specifies a category of physical object. A phase congruency analysis () is then performed on the data set based on the object class identified by the fractal analysis. The phase congruency analysis is advantageously performed on an interpolated, noise reduced version of the data set (which can be obtained prior to performing the phase congruency analysis). Upon completion of the phase congruency analysis, a further object identifying step is performed based on the phase congruency analysis.