Patents by Inventor Daniel B. Rutherford

Daniel B. Rutherford 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).

  • System and method for passive automatic target recognition (ATR)
    Patent number: 8369572
    Abstract: A passive automatic target recognition (ATR) system includes a range map processor configured to generate range-to-pixel map data based on digital elevation map data and parameters of a passive image sensor. The passive image sensor is configured to passively acquire image data. The passive ATR system also includes a detection processor configured to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the passively acquired sensor image data based on the range-to-pixel map data, and an ATR processor configured to generate an ATR decision for the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Robert Stanfill, Daniel B. Rutherford, Hassan N. Beydoun, Robert R. Muise, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Ramamurthy Bhagavatula
  • System and method for passive automatic target recognition (ATR)
    Publication number: 20100310121
    Abstract: A passive automatic target recognition (ATR) system includes a range map processor configured to generate range-to-pixel map data based on digital elevation map data and parameters of a passive image sensor. The passive image sensor is configured to passively acquire image data. The passive ATR system also includes a detection processor configured to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the passively acquired sensor image data based on the range-to-pixel map data, and an ATR processor configured to generate an ATR decision for the ROI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Robert Stanfill, Daniel B. Rutherford, Hassan N. Beydoun, Robert R. Muise, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Ramu Bhagavatula