Advances in Optical Pattern Recognition

 

 

Workshop

 

 

This workshop will review the features, problems, different designs and applications of optical pattern recognition techniques.

 

Automatic identification of a specific object or pattern in an arbitrary input scene is an important part of any authorization, monitoring and security applications. Pattern recognition is always a challenging issue because the targets are often non-cooperative; the scene may contain noise and distortions due to variable environmental conditions during recording the image. Additional requirements for an efficient pattern recognition system are that the architecture should be simple so that it can easily be implemented and be user friendly, and it should perform fast enough to make instantaneous decision on the presence of a target in the input scene.


Optical joint transform correlation (JTC) technique has been found to be a versatile tool for real-time pattern recognition applications, which employs optical devices, like lens, spatial light modulator, for parallel processing of the given images. The JTC technique allows real-time updating of the reference image, permits parallel transformations of images, operates at video frame rates and eliminates the precise positioning requirement of complex matched filter in the Fourier plane as compared to other similar techniques.

 

We look forward to seeing you at this workshop!