Pulse-coupled automatic object recognition system dedicatory clause
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1. A pulse-coupled automatic object recognition system for detecting and recognizing pre-selected objects in a scene, said system comprising:
- a first and a second pulse-coupled neural networks (PCNN'"'"'s), said PCNN'"'"'s being capable of producing corresponding electronic pulse patterns in response to optical inputs thereto, said optical inputs being descriptive of the scene;
a means for producing reference time signals, said time signals being characteristic of the portions of the scene that correspond to said time signals;
a means for detecting light;
a gating means simultaneously coupled between said second PCNN, said light-detecting means and said time signal-producing means for selectively allowing, in response to time signal inputs from said signal-producing means, the transmission of light from said second PCNN onto said light-detecting means, said transmitted light being indicative of the pre-selected object and a measuring means coupled to said light-detecting means to measure the coordinates of light distribution on said light-detecting means, thereby yielding the positional information of the pre-selected object in the input scene.
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The pulse-coupled automatic recognition system processes information utilizing parallel neural network and transmits information to and from the processing sites as time signals which encode in their pulse phase structure the geometrical content of the spatial distributions of light. A locating device then measures the coordinates of the spatial distributions (pulsating segment) and displays the coordinates of the pulsating segment on a screen for observation. The pulsating segment indicates the presence and location of the component of the input scene that corresponds to the segment.
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1. A pulse-coupled automatic object recognition system for detecting and recognizing pre-selected objects in a scene, said system comprising:
- a first and a second pulse-coupled neural networks (PCNN'"'"'s), said PCNN'"'"'s being capable of producing corresponding electronic pulse patterns in response to optical inputs thereto, said optical inputs being descriptive of the scene;
a means for producing reference time signals, said time signals being characteristic of the portions of the scene that correspond to said time signals;
a means for detecting light;
a gating means simultaneously coupled between said second PCNN, said light-detecting means and said time signal-producing means for selectively allowing, in response to time signal inputs from said signal-producing means, the transmission of light from said second PCNN onto said light-detecting means, said transmitted light being indicative of the pre-selected object and a measuring means coupled to said light-detecting means to measure the coordinates of light distribution on said light-detecting means, thereby yielding the positional information of the pre-selected object in the input scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a first and a second pulse-coupled neural networks (PCNN'"'"'s), said PCNN'"'"'s being capable of producing corresponding electronic pulse patterns in response to optical inputs thereto, said optical inputs being descriptive of the scene;
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10. A pulse-coupled automatic object recognition system for locating and recognizing pre-selected objects in a scene, said system comprising:
a first and a second pulse-coupled neural networks (PCNN'"'"'s), said PCNN'"'"'s being capable of generating corresponding electronic pulse patterns in response to optical inputs thereto, said optical inputs being descriptive of the scene and said pulse patterns modulating any beam of light passing therethrough;
a single-pixel detector for producing time signals in response to input images focussed thereonto;
a first focussing lens positioned between said first PCNN and said detector to receive the modulated light emanating from said first PCNN and focus said modulated light to be incident on said detector;
a time correlator coupled to said single-pixel detector for receiving therefrom the time signals, said time correlator being capable of further transmitting pre-selected time signals that correspond to pre-selected objects in the scene;
a second focussing lens positioned to receive and focus the modulated light emanating from said second PCNN;
a collimating lens;
a time gate located between said second focussing lens and collimating lens to receive the focussed modulated light from said second focussing lens and transmit the focussed light to be incident on said collimating lens, said lime gate being further coupled to said time correlator to receive therefrom pre-selected time signals and opening selectively in response to the pre-selected time signals;
a detector array for detecting the collimated light incident thereon from said collimating lens; and
a centroid locator coupled to measure the coordinates of the light distribution on said detector array to provide the locational information of the pre-selected objects in the scene.- View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electro-optical pulse-coupled neural network (PCNN) having a plurality of pixels, said PCNN comprising:
- a first spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving and modulating input light passing therethrough;
a first detector array for detecting light incident thereon and producing electronic video signals in response to the light;
a first re-imaging lens positioned linearly between said first SLM and said first detector array for receiving the modulated light from said first SLM and focussing the light to be incident on said first detector array;
a second detector array;
a threshold discriminator coupled between said first detector array and said second detector array to produce a causal signal in response to the inputs from said first and second detector arrays;
a pulse former coupled to said discriminator to generate at least one output pulse in response to said causal signal;
a threshold means coupled to receive said output pulse and produce therefrom a threshold signal, said threshold means comprising a first phospher-coated glass plate;
a second SLM coupled to receive said output pulse from said pulse former;
a first illuminator positioned to illuminate said second SLM;
a second re-imaging lens located to focus the image of said output pulse from said second SLM onto said first phospher-coated glass plate, said first plate exhibiting phospher decay in response to the focussed image of said output pulse; and
a third re-imaging lens positioned to focus the decaying image onto said second detector array, said second detector array producing the threshold signal in response to said decaying image, said threshold means further transmitting said threshold signal to said discriminator; and
a means for summing the output pulses of several of the pixels to produce a linking input suitable for inputting to said first SLM. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
- a first spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving and modulating input light passing therethrough;
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