Real-time histogram generation using optical scanning

Author

Pieper, R.J. ; Richstein, J.K. ; Ho, C.-M. ; Lee, A. ; Poon, T.-C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

20-22 Mar 1994

Firstpage

310

Lastpage

314

Abstract

A prototype of an optical-electronic histogram generator has been designed and tested for 1-D objects. In this scheme, the object to be analyzed is laser scanned. The resulting optical signal is detected by a photodetector which generates an electrical signal output which is subsequently analyzed with a combination of analog and digital electronics. The system has shown to be fairly modular in design. Various aspects of the extension of the design to two dimensions is discussed

Keywords

image processing; image processing equipment; image scanners; laser beam applications; laser scanners; optoelectronic devices; 1-D objects; 2D objects; analog electronics; digital electronics; electrical signal output; laser scanning; modular design; optical scanning; optical signal detection; optical-electronic histogram generator; photodetector; real-time histogram generation; Circuits; Clocks; Histograms; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical scattering; Photodetectors; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, 1994., Proceedings of the 26th Southeastern Symposium on

Conference_Location

Athens, OH

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5320-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.1994.287862

Filename

287862