摘要:
The invention relates to a method for determining a material type and/or surface characteristics of a preferably metallic, particularly planar workpiece (4), comprising the steps of: illuminating a surface (8) of said workpiece (4) using illuminating radiation (17), taking at least one image of the illuminated surface (8), and determining the material type and/or surface characteristics of said workpiece (4) on the basis of the at least one image converted to the spatial frequency domain. The invention also relates to an associated device (1) and to a computer program product.
摘要:
An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input (84) with a reference (88) wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures that are each less than about six microns in size and can have an aspect ratio (AR) greater than 1:1 so as to produce a phase encoded random pattern having millions of combinations in a mask that is as small as one square millimeter. The random pattern can be convolved with a second pattern, such as a biometric pattern, to produce a phase convolved mask. The correlator (82) preferably is a nonlinear joint transform correlator that can use "chirp" encoding. The correlator optically Fourier transforms (98) images of the reference and input that are thereafter nonlinearly transformed and inverse Fourier transformed by a processor (104) to determine authenticity (106, 110). A spatial light modulator (SLM) can be used as an input or reference.
摘要:
An optical pattern recognition apparatus comprising means (1, 2, 3, 5) employing coherent light for converting at least one reference image and at least one input image into a joint coherent image, means (6) for transforming the joint coherent image to produce a Fourier transform image of the at least one reference image and the at least one input image, means (7) for providing an intensity distribution recording on the basis of the Fourier transform image, means (8, 9, 10, 14, 15) responsive to the intensity distribution recording for supplying correlation information for determining a correlation between the at least one reference image and the at least one input image, and characterised by means (4, 12, 13) operable in response to the supplied correlation information for varying the intensity of a coherent light beam applied in the converting means to the at least one reference image whereby to effect correction of the correlation information.
摘要:
An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input (84) with a reference (88) wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures that are each less than about six microns in size and can have an aspect ratio (AR) greater than 1:1 so as to produce a phase encoded random pattern having millions of combinations in a mask that is as small as one square millimeter. The random pattern can be convolved with a second pattern, such as a biometric pattern, to produce a phase convolved mask. The correlator (82) preferably is a nonlinear joint transform correlator that can use "chirp" encoding. The correlator optically Fourier transforms (98) images of the reference and input that are thereafter nonlinearly transformed and inverse Fourier transformed by a processor (104) to determine authenticity (106, 110). A spatial light modulator (SLM) can be used as an input or reference.
摘要:
An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input (84) with a reference (88) wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures that are each less than about six microns in size and can have an aspect ratio (AR) greater than 1:1 so as to produce a phase encoded random pattern having millions of combinations in a mask that is as small as one square millimeter. The random pattern can be convolved with a second pattern, such as a biometric pattern, to produce a phase convolved mask. The correlator (82) preferably is a nonlinear joint transform correlator that can use 'chirp' encoding. The correlator optically Fourier transforms (98) images of the reference and input that are thereafter nonlinearly transformed and inverse Fourier transformed by a processor (104) to determine authenticity (106, 110). A spatial light modulator (SLM) can be used as an input or reference.
摘要:
The present invention provides optical pattern recognition apparatus comprising means for generating a coherent image of a joint input image (3) including a plurality of reference images R i and a signal image S by applying a coherent light beam (1) to the joint input image. Fourier transform means (4) are provided for transforming the coherent image into a joint Fourier transform image, which is then converted by a spatial light modulator (5) into a light intensity distribution. Means (8, 9) are also provided for determining a correlation coefficient between each of the reference images and the signal image based on the light intensity distribution. Feed-back means (2, 11) respond to an output from the correlation coefficient determining means for adjusting the intensity of light applied to the joint input image for generating the coherent image.
摘要:
An image processing system includes at least two, complementary, angle sensitive pixel (ASP) structures, having a spatial frequency domain ASP output including a background output and a plurality of ASP response outputs, in response to an optical input; an ASP response output subtractor component, which functions to suppress the background output and perform a subtraction of at least two of the ASP response outputs; and a processing component that can process the subtracted spatial frequency domain ASP response outputs. An optical domain image processing method includes the steps of providing at least two, complementary, angle sensitive pixel (ASP) structures; obtaining a spatial frequency domain ASP output including a plurality of complementary ASP response outputs, in response to an optical input; performing a wavelet-like transform of the ASP response outputs in the optical domain prior to performing any operation in a digital domain; and obtaining a desired output of the optical input.
摘要:
A method for searching for and comparing images includes allowing a user, software application, computer system, etc., to create, identify, select, provide, or otherwise produce one or more reference images that the user, software application, computer system, etc., wants to search for, retrieving or providing one or more candidate images that are to be compared to the reference images by optical correlation, comparing one or more of the candidate images with one or more of the reference images, and indicating the results of the comparisons and the degree of correlation or matching between one or more of the candidate images and one or more of the reference images.
摘要:
This invention is intended to enable accurate and high-speed pattern recognition even when an object to be identified changes its size, rotating angle or position. The invention comprises: an optical coordinate convertor for displaying at least one reference image including specified marks and at least one input image to be entered on an electrically addressed spatial light modulator 3 for object image and then converting the displayed images from one coordinate system to a desired coordinate system to produce coordinate-converted images by using the coordinate conversion optical filter array 44 and the coordinate conversion lens array 47 ; and a joint transform correlator for displaying the coordinate-converted intensity distribution images, produced by the optical coordinate convertor, on the coordinate conversion light-addressed spatial light modulator 13 , Fourier-transforming the coordinate-converted intensity distribution images into Fourier-transformed intensity distribution images, displaying the Fourier-transformed intensity distribution images on the Fourier transform light-addressed spatial light modulator 105 , and Fourier-transforming again the Fourier-transformed intensity distribution image to determine the correlation coefficients of the coordinate-converted reference image and the coordinate-converted input image. With this construction, it is possible to change the reference image and the kind of coordinate conversion easily and quickly.