Owner Lockheed Martin Corporation

Inventors Huber, David J.; Tener, Gene D.; Chen, Hai-Wen; Park, Jennifer K.; Kane, James P. III; Herzog, William R.; Alderson, Timothy; Mirek, Thomas A.; Mattox, Barry; Cowan, John

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2006244201

PCT Pub. Number WO2006/122009

Priority 60/678,775 09.05.05 US

Filing date 9 May 2006

Wipo publication date 16 November 2006

Acceptance publication date 6 September 2012

G06K 9/00 Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints

G06K 9/32 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 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

G06K 9/40 Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Noise filtering

G06K 9/46 Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image

G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing

G06T 7/20 Image analysis, e.g. from bit-mapped to non bit-mapped - Analysis of motion