Patents by Inventor Darrell L. Chenoweth

Darrell L. Chenoweth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic classification of images
    Patent number: 4881270
    Abstract: A method and system for classifying a raster scanned target image by collapsing the image into a vector corresponding to a horizontal line of the image, mathematically transforming this vector into a feature vector which corresponds to the power spectrum of the collapsed image, and comparing the feature vector with stored decision rules corresponding to classes of possible target objects to determine if the image represents an object in one of the classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John A. Knecht, Darrell L. Chenoweth