Patent ID: 6636619
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method for recognizing an image of an object, comprising:a) extracting a singular value (SV) feature vector from said image of an object; b) determining dimensions of said image of said object; c) creating a first essential singular value vector (ESV) based upon said extracted singular value (SV) feature vector and said dimensions of said image of said object; d) comparing said first ESV vector of said image of an object to be recognized with a second ESV vector stored in a database, where said second ESV vector is representative of a known object to determine a distance between said first ESV vector and said second ESV vector; and, e) determining if said distance is within a predetermined range, which would indicate that said object to be recognized is the same as said known object represented by said second ESV vector.