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Compact real-time acousto-optic image correlator
Perry A. Molley,K. Terry Stalker,William C. Sweatt +2 more
- Vol. 1347, pp 123-130
TLDR
In this article, the design and development of a compact acousto-optic image correlator capable of performing real-time correlations on grayscale imagery is described, which utilizes one-dimensional optical devices to perform the desired two-dimensional correlation.Abstract:
The design and development of a compact acousto-optic image correlator capable of
performing real-time correlations on grayscale imagery will be described. The system utilizes
one-dimensional optical devices to perform the desired two-dimensional correlation. The
two-dimensional correlation is performed as a series of multichannel time-integrating
correlations between each input image line and a reference template that is stored in an
electronic memory. The rows of the reference template are introduced into the processor in
parallel using a one-dimensional laser diode array. The correlation in the vertical direction is
performed using a modified charge-coupled device (CCD) operating in the shift-and-add
mode. A laser diode array, as opposed to an LED array used in previous systems, provides
more power so that full use can be made of the dynamic range capabilities of the acoustooptic
device and CCD. Key features of the system will be presented, including the random
access template memory, the custom laser diode array consisting of 64 individually addressed
laser diodes, and the custom optical design to achieve nearly diffraction-limited image quality
and compactness.read more
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Automatic target recognition and tracking using an acousto-optic image correlator
Perry A. Molley,Brian A. Kast +1 more
TL;DR: A hybrid electro-optics image processor, developed for automatic target recognition and tracking using an acousto-optic correlator and digital electronics, and able to analyze each correlation plane and apply a real-time template selection algorithm to accommodate scale or rotation changes of the target.
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Hybrid optical implementation of discrete wavelet transforms: a tutorial
C. Decusatis,J. Koay,P. Das +2 more
TL;DR: A tutorial on wavelets and the hybrid optical implementation of discrete wavelet transforms and the concept for a new architecture is proposed using acousto-optic finite impulse response (FIR) filters to implement wavelets with perfect reconstruction properties.
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Automatic target recognition using acousto-optic image correlator
Perry A. Molley,Brian A. Kast +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an acousto-optic correlator and digital electronics are used to perform computationally intensive correlation operation on large 2D input scenes, and a real-time template selection algorithm is applied to accommodate scale or rotation changes of the target.
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Design and testing of space-domain minimum-average correlation energy filters for 2-D acousto-optic correlators
TL;DR: In this paper, a method is introduced for designing filter impulse responses of arbitrary extent for implementation on two-dimensional acousto-optic (AO) correlators, which are designed to yield sharp correlation peaks.
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