Real-time demonstration of an on-board nonlinear joint transform correlator system
Abstract
We design, implement, and test an optical joint transform correlator, using a nonlinear optically addressed ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator in the Fourier plane. This compact correlator performs real-time and on-board recognition tasks. Results of in-car experiments for road sign recognition in real environments are presented.
- Publication:
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Optical Engineering
- Pub Date:
- March 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1117/1.601252
- Bibcode:
- 1997OptEn..36..820G