US 7,477,797 B2
Concealed object recognition
Gene Arthur Grindstaff, Decatur, Ala. (US); Susan Heath Calvin Fletcher, Huntsville, Ala. (US); and Therman Ward McKay, III, Huntsville, Ala. (US)
Assigned to Intergraph Software Technologies Company, Las Vegas, Nev. (US)
Filed on May 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/441,488.
Application 11/441488 is a division of application No. 10/237249, filed on Sep. 06, 2002, granted, now 7,079,701.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/318164, filed on Sep. 07, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2006/0215926 A1, Sep. 28, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—260  [345/629; 382/168] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for detecting a first object concealed by a second object, the system comprising:
a processor for receiving a digital image from a camera wherein the digital image includes first object data and second object data and processing the digital image to filter out the second object data and increasing the values of the first object data until visibly displayable; and
a display for displaying the first object data.