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A new method of detecting the trace left behind by a moving object in a digitized image is developed and compared with the Hough transform of line detection. Under a very general condition, the new method is shown to be better. The implementation of this method to detect ships on SEASAT satellite pictures is also discussed.
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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-8005953, the Naval Research Laboratory under Contract N00014-82-C-2156, and the Office of Naval Research under Contract NR-609-007.
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Chang, S.K., Luo, B., Yang, C.C. et al. Trace confirmation with given object position. International Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 14, 439–453 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991184
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