Communications: electrical – Digital comparator systems
Patent
1979-09-10
1982-03-30
Boudreau, Leo H.
Communications: electrical
Digital comparator systems
3401463H, 364515, 364900, G06K 900, G06F 1520
Patent
active
043227163
ABSTRACT:
A system is disclosed for analyzing 3-dimensional as well as 2-dimensional images represented by digital electrical signals corresponding to a matrix of points constituting the image. The 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional portions of the system each include a serial chain of neighborhood transformation stages which are individually programmable from a central programming source to selectively alter the pattern analysis in each of the transformation stages. Through a series of dilation/erosion transformations, the original image matrix is transformed in such manner as to locate the position and/or identify the shape of particular objects contained in the original image. A unique transformation which is particularly useful in analyzing multivalued 3-dimensional image data is disclosed.
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Boudreau Leo H.
Environmental research Institute of Michigan
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