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Efficient track-before detect algorithm with minimal prior knowledge
United States Patent
| 10,445,862 | |
| October 15, 2019 | |
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| Apparatus, system and method for tracking an image target in a system, wherein a system receives an image comprising a plurality of pixels. The received image is processed via a plurality of different recursive motion model kernels in parallel to provide a plurality of kernel outputs, wherein each of the motion model kernels may include a respective pixel mask. Per-pixel energy is estimated of at least some of the plurality of kernel outputs. Velocity of at least one of the image pixels may also be estimated by generating a directional energy vector for each motion model kernel. The per-pixel energy and velocity estimates are fused to produce a fused estimate representing at least some of the motion model kernels for the image. | |
| 15/407,104 | |
| January 16, 2017 | |
| 1/1; | |
| G06T 7/20 (20170101); G06T 7/246 (20170101); G06T 5/00 (20060101); G06T 7/35 (20170101); G06F 17/16 (20060101); G06F 17/11 (20060101); G06F 16/2453 (20190101); | |
| GOVERNMENT RIGHTS This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000 between Sandia Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |