Computer software for and a method of determining location of a target
image within a two-dimensional input image by employing a
three-dimensional reference image comprising determining object edge
points in the input image; given estimated seeker line-of-sight
orientation and range data, computing a two-dimensional reference image
from the three-dimensional reference image; applying a
weighted-direction-cross-product Hough Transform to the object edge
points and points of the two-dimensional reference image; classifying the
input image as containing a target image or not; if the image contains a
target image, identifying a location of the target image within the
two-dimensional input image; computing confidence measure as to the
selected location of the target image; and in the case of sequential
decision, also performing confidence accumulation through multi-frames or
multi-looks.