Automatic Recognition of Complex Three-Dimensional Objects from Optical Images,

Abstract

The paper surveys techniques which have been used for automatic recognition of aircraft and other complex three-dimensional objects from optical images. All methods reported in unclassified literature are described and compared. A detailed description of an experimental system using live television images is included. This system makes use of certain features derived from the central moments of a binary image of the object. These features, called moment invariants are invariant with image rotation, translation, and size. It is reported that a classification error rate of only five percent was obtained in a laboratory experiment involving noisy images of six aircraft types. Human error rates in classifying the same images averaged ten percent. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0774103

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Mcghee

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic
  • Classification
  • Images
  • Learning
  • Literature
  • Optical Images
  • Recognition
  • Rotation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Regression Analysis.