Accession Number:

ADD014257

Title:

Method of Enhancing the Signal to Noise Ratio of an Image Recognition Correlator.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 24 Sep 87, patented 2 May 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Horner, Joseph L.

Report Date:

1989-05-02

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

Method of producing an enhanced output correlation signal from an image matching correlator includes the steps of further transforming data representing an input image to produce a transformed image, multiplying the transformed image by at least one reference filter function representing a reference image to be compared with the input image to produce a product signal, inverse fourier transforming the product signal to product the output correlation signal, and introducing phase distortions within the reference filter function, sufficient to greatly enhance peak values and narrow the area of the correlation peak of the output correlation signal. The method may utilize optical or digital electronic correlation and transformation. Patents. rrh

Descriptors:

• *FILTERS
• *OPTICAL CORRELATORS
• *PATENTS
• *SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
• CORRELATION
• CORRELATORS
• DIGITAL SYSTEMS
• DISTORTION
• ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
• FOURIER ANALYSIS
• FUNCTIONS
• IMAGES
• INPUT
• INVERSION
• MATCHING
• OUTPUT
• PEAK VALUES
• RECOGNITION
• SIGNALS

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Target Direction, Range and Position Finding
• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE