We introduce a new fixed-phase algorithm for producing an object recognitio
n correlation filter by either enhancing or suppressing unnecessary spectru
m information from selected objects. We demonstrate this approach by simula
ting the performance using five test images with completely dissimilar edge
information. This new algorithm can be used to substantially improve the p
erformance of existing composite classification and recognition filter algo
rithms. (C) 2000 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. [S0091
-3286(00)01005-9].