Owner Litton Systems, Inc.

Inventors Ostromek, Timothy; Denk, Gabriel; Bacarella, Antonio; Hogan, Timothy; Lund, Robert; Short, Jeffrey

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-B-2003251501

PCT Number PCT/US03/18490

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/107271

Priority 60/319,307 12.06.02 US; 10/250,196 11.06.03 US

Filing date 12 June 2003

Wipo publication date 31 December 2003

Acceptance publication date 4 January 2007

H04N 5/225 (2006.01) Details of television systems - Television cameras

G06K 9/32 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field

G06K 9/36 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Image preprocessing, i.e. processing the image information without deciding about the identity of the image

H04N 9/093 (2006.01) Details of colour television systems