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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Paul Weismuller, Orange, CA (US);
David Leonard Caballero, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); G06K 9/6211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for detecting an object of interest. An edge image is generated from an image of a scene. A sectioned structure comprising a plurality of sections is generated for use in analyzing the edge image. The edge image is analyzed using the sectioned structure to detect a presence of the object of interest in the edge image.