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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Robert P. Higgins, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/2053 (2013.01); G06K 9/78 (2013.01); G06K 2209/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for an image processing system is provided. A first image and a second image in a sequence of images are registered to a reference image in the sequence of images to form a first registered image and a second registered image, respectively. A double differenced image is formed using the reference image, the first registered image, and the second registered image. A number of moving target signatures in the double differenced image is identified. A moving target signature in the number of moving target signatures comprises a spot of a first type and at least one spot of a second type adjacent to the spot of the first type.


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