1. Apparatus for identification of a video image object comprising: means for digitizing a video image; means for digital image processing to obtain encoded object edge data segments including the angle tangent to the object edge segments; means for storing encoded object edge data; means for accessing the stored object edge data by a microprocessor; means for determining angular rate of change of an object perimeter; means for accessing the angular rate of change of the object perimeter by a microprocessor; means for the microprocessor to process the angular rate of change to identify an object.