Patent Document ID: 8335382
Application ID: 11750735
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for identifying ambiguous areas of an image of an object through analysis of a silhouette of said object, the method comprising: using a processor adapted to: examine a plurality of pixels representing an image of the object; perform a first comparison operation to compare the plurality of pixels to a corresponding plurality of pixels of a selected library image pertaining to the object, where the selected library image is obtained by the processor from a library of images; further perform a second comparison operation to compare the plurality of pixels of the image against a selected mask image from a mask image library, the selected mask image including the image of the object and additional structure that is only intermittently associated with the object; using said first and second comparisons to generate a score that indicates a level of certainty with which an attitude of said object is identified, and which serves to remove areas of ambiguity of said image from a determination of said attitude, to thus enhance the level of certainty in said attitude determination.