Patent ID: 9104911
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B63G,G01S,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of processing an observation of an object to be classified by a mine classifier, the method comprising: providing at least one processor of said mine classifier in operative communication with at least one particle filter; providing a storage means containing a plurality of empirically derived models of mines, wherein each said empirically derived model in said plurality comprise a physical quantity that characterizes exterior shape and size of mines belonging to a class of mines and a plurality of angles from which said physical quantity is measured; observing with at least one sensor in operative communication with said mine classifier an object to be classified, wherein said object to be classified is of the same type as at least one of those previously empirically derived models of mines; storing said at least one observation of said object to be classified in memory or on a non-transitory storage medium; using said particle filter to compare said empirically derived models to said at least one stored observation; and providing a probability of a match between said at least one empirically derived model and said at least one stored observation.