Patent ID: 6741744
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of extracting an object from a raw image representing a large area comprising a plurality of pixels or from data representative thereof, the steps comprising:a) creating a grayscale image primitive base map that can be directly converted to regions of pixels in a raw scene of a large area by applying at least one data analysis method; b) recognizing an object in a predetermined computer-compilable photo-interpreter language; c) determining whether said object is articulatable by using predetermined descriptors stored in a memory, d) matching said object to a known, articulatable, physical-phenomenon model, if said physical-phenomenon is not articulatable; e) extracting recognizable features from said grayscale image, if said object is articulatable; and f) forming a composite of features extracted in steps (d) and (e).