Patent ID: 7450761

Claim:
A method for detection of a target in a hyperspectral image, the method comprising the steps of: loading the hyperspectral image, stored in an Adaptive Background/Foreground Analysis database (ABFA database), into computer readable memory; generating a Spectral Geographic Information System database (SGIS database) based upon the hyperspectral image, wherein the SGIS database comprises a shape file portion, a hyperspectral global data portion and a hyperspectral segment data portion, wherein generating comprises: loading a data structure of the SGIS database; creating the shape file portion by determining corner coordinates of shapes based on the AFBA database; setting a number of shapes in the SGIS database to a same number of segments found in segment data in the AFBA database; creating an array of records for a shape library, wherein space is provided to hold a record header and a record content for each shape; creating a long integer array to contain a shape index; and creating a short integer array to contain the shape library; comparing a target spectra to the hyperspectral segment data of the SGIS database; determining a location of a match between the target spectra and the hyperspectral segment data, and; displaying the location of the target based on the match.