Satellite pattern classification using charge transfer devices
Abstract
The potential uses of Charge Transfer Devices (CTDs) in pattern classification operations are explored. The needs for a hardware-based pattern classifier are established, and a matrix multiplication subsystem based upon a sum-of-products CTD is presented. Applications of the subsystem to the classification of multi-modal Gaussian distributions in general and to LANDSAT data processing in particular are discussed. Finally, the potential impact of this technology on satellite data processing methodologies is discussed.
- Publication:
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Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979prip.conf..246S
- Keywords:
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- Charge Transfer Devices;
- Image Processing;
- Landsat Satellites;
- Pattern Recognition;
- Satellite-Borne Photography;
- Classifications;
- Data Processing;
- Hardware;
- Methodology;
- Multiplication;
- Photointerpretation;
- System Effectiveness;
- Instrumentation and Photography