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Optical correlator

US4127778A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 14, 1977
Grant dateNov 28, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 14, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/002
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical correlator comprising an optical system for imaging an object space, a spatial frequency filter disposed in or close by the image plane, and at least one photoelectric detector assigned to said spatial frequency filter. According to the invention the spatial frequency filter is a raster, the structures of which extend in the direction of the perspective vanishing lines of the image of the object space and/or perpendicularly to at least one of said vanishing lines. The size of the structure elements and/or the distance between the elements constituting the raster structure are chosen according to the distortion of the perspective image.

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