Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering
Abstract
Experimental results of an optical binary phase-only correlator using aerial imagery for ground exploitation is presented. The correlator uses magnetooptic spatial light modulators (SLMs) for dynamic operation. Input images to the correlator originate from actual aerial imagery containing aircraft and a variety of distortions. Digital image processing techniques are used on images before being input into the optical correlator to enhance the performance of the system. Filters or templates used as a database for the system are derived from models of aircraft. Rotation and scale invariance is achieved through an adaptive filtering technique in which filters are displayed sequentially against an input image. Experimental results are presented which show that the system performs well with different types of segmented images.
First Page
286
Last Page
296
DOI
10.1117/12.23418
Publication Date
1990
Recommended Citation
Kozaitis, S. P., Halby, S., & Foor, W. (1990). Ground exploitation using a binary phase-only optical correlator. Paper presented at the Proceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering, , 1347 286-296.