Patent ID: 7263509
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: G06K,G06N

Abstract:
1. A computerized automatic spatial reasoning method to create spatial reasoning rules to characterize subtle physical, structural or geometrical conditions comprising the steps of: a) Inputting a plurality of image object sets, each object contains its associated image pixels; b) Designating one of the image object sets as target object set and another object set as condition object set; c) Calculating spatial mapping features for the target object set from transformed images of the target object set and the condition object set; d) Performing spatial mapping feature learning using the spatial mapping features to create at least one salient spatial mapping feature output; e) Performing spatial reasoning rule learning by a supervised learning method using the at least one spatial mapping feature to create at least one spatial reasoning rule output; f) Using the spatial reasoning rule output to characterize spatial relations of multiple sets of objects for applications such as geographical information systems, cell image informatics, semiconductor or electronic automatic defect classification or military automatic target classification applications.