Accession Number:

AD0672775

Title:

PICTURE PROCESSING BY COMPUTER.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK COMPUTER SCIENCE CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Rosenfeld,Azriel

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

312.0

Abstract:

The field of picture processing by computer is reviewed from a technique-oriented standpoint. Only the processing of given pictures as opposed to computer-synthesized pictures is considered. Specific areas covered include a Pictures as information sources and their efficient encoding b Approximation of pictures - sampling and quantization techniques c Position-invariant operations on pictures and their implementation digital, electro-optical, optical applications to matched filtering template matching, spatial frequency filtering and image restoration, measurement of image quality, and image enhancement smoothing and sharpening d Picture properties linear local and textural random useful for pictorial pattern recognition e Figure extraction from pictures figure properties topology, size, shape f Picture description and picture languages. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PHOTOGRAPHS
• *DATA PROCESSING)
• COMPUTERS
• PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
• PHOTOINTERPRETABILITY
• CODING
• PATTERN RECOGNITION
• INFORMATION THEORY
• INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS
• SAMPLING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Photography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE