Patent application EP22177483A (EP), filed 2022-06-07
Publication number: EP4102472A1
Title: LAND TYPE-BASED SEGMENTATION FOR PRIORITIZATION OF SEARCH AREAS
Abstract: An imaging system (100) comprises an imaging platform (102), a camera (104) operatively connected to the imaging platform, and a controller (106) operatively connected to control the imaging platform and the camera. The controller includes machine readable instructions configured to cause the controller to perform a method.
IPC codes: G06T   7/    10            A I
G06V  20/    10            A I
G06T   7/    11            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying the target includes identifying multiple instances of one type of target in one or more of the images.
number: 3
text: The method as recited in claim 1 or 2, further comprising: directing a physical asset to move physically toward the target.
number: 4
text: The method as recited in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein identifying includes providing output to a user showing identity and/or location of the target.
number: 5
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, wherein the land types include dry ground and bodies of water.
number: 6
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, wherein screening includes for each image, grouping pixels of like-land types into groups, one group for each land type in the image.
number: 7
text: The method as recited in claim 6, wherein grouping pixels of like-land types includes grouping pixels by identical land type, or
wherein grouping pixels of like-land types includes grouping pixels in hierarchical land types.
number: 8
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, where screening includes using a look up table identifying likelihood of finding a target in each land type in the images.
number: 9
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, further comprising only analyzing images in the area that are within a region of interest (ROI).
number: 10
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, further comprising:
number: 11
text: The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the physical resource is an imaging platform, wherein obtaining the downward looking images of the area is performed by the imaging platform.
number: 12
text: The method as recited in any preceding claim, wherein analyzing includes:
number: 13
text: An imaging system comprising:
number: 14
text: The imaging system as recited in claim 13, wherein screening includes:
number: 15
text: The imaging system as recited in claim 13 or 14, wherein analyzing includes:
Office action: search_report, dated 2022-12-14
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2021166020A1
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ref_id: - NOVAK LESLIE M ET AL: "The Automatic Target-Recognition System in SAIP The Automatic Target- Recognition System in SAIP", THE LINCOLN LABORATORY JOURNAL, 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01), pages 187 - 202, XP055966524
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ref_id: - LOFY B ET AL, "Segmenting multisensor aerial images in class-scale space", PATTERN RECOGNITION, ELSEVIER, GB, (20010901), vol. 34, no. 9, doi:10.1016/S0031-3203(00)00107-2, ISSN 0031-3203, pages 1825 - 1839, XP004362605 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
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Final disposition: pending (2022-12-14)