1. An automated method of classifying objects visually into one of a plurality of object types, the method comprising in the order presented the automated steps of: receiving a still image including an object; bounding the object within the image; dividing the bound portion of the image into a plurality of profile sections; performing a transform on each of the profile sections selected from the group consisting of discrete cosine transforms and discrete Fourier transforms; and executing a Bayes classifier function to segregate the object into one of the object types.