Feature space trajectory for distorted-object classification and pose estimation in synthetic aperture radar

Classification and pose estimation of distorted input objects are considered. The feature space trajectory representation of distorted views of an object is used with a new eigenfeature space. For a distorted input object, the closest trajectory denotes the class of the input and the closest line segment on it denotes its pose. If an input point is too far from a trajectory, it is rejected as clutter. New methods for selecting Fukunaga-Koontz discriminant vectors, the number of dominant eigenvectors per class al-td for determining training, and test set compatibility are presented. (C) 1997 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.