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Optical detection of geometric configurations

US4118107A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 1966
Grant dateOct 3, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 19, 1986

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/895
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The specification discloses an optical technique for retrieving images of geometric shapes from a cluttered background in a photographic record by means of amplitude and phase filters configured according to the particular shape sought to be retrieved. A Fourier transform of the record is filtered with filters of both types and light representing the desired shape, if present, is brought to a focus in an image plane.

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