Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Pawlak

Anthony J. Pawlak 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).

  • Method and system for imaging target detection
    Patent number: 6072889
    Abstract: A system and method for imaging target detection includes scanning a target area to produce an image of the target area and discriminating a target by identifying image pixels of similar intensity levels, grouping contiguous pixels with similar intensity levels into regions, calculating a set of features for each region and qualifying regions as possible targets in response to the features; discriminating the background by identifying image pixels of similar intensity levels, grouping contiguous pixels of similar intensity levels into regions, calculating a set of features for each background region and qualifying background regions as terrain characteristics in response to the features and analyzing the qualified terrain characteristics and qualified target candidates to determine and prioritize targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Deaett, Erik J. DeGraaf, Stephen G. Johnson, Melinda L. Norcross, Anthony J. Pawlak