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US 5345242

CLUTTER REJECTION USING CONNECTIVITY

Assignee

FORD AEROSPACE CORPORATION

Filed

Sep 27, 1990

Granted

Sep 6, 1994

Location

COSTA MESA CA US

Abstract

In a FLIR target detection system, true targets (52) are isolated from potential false target indications produced by background clutter through the use of a connectivity algorithm which attempts to find around each potential target (52) a closed path (65) of lower (or higher) intensity without exceeding a predetermined distance from the centroid (64) of the potential target. If the attempt is successful, the potential target (52) is a true target; if not, it is clutter.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

May 16, 1991

Rescinded

Feb 18, 1994

Duration

2 years, 9 months

Inventor

  • 1GREGORY A. ROBERTS

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