Abstract

We present results obtained in the implementation of adaptive methods and a system for image processing. The light-developing nonlinear elements are used in the filtering block of the mirror optical configuration. The processing of gray-scale and of binary images with the help of adaptive optical elements is fulfilled for realization of ground-suppressing, contouring, differentiating, and skeletonizing adaptive filters. A comparison is made between optical and digital methods applied in the pattern processing.

© 1994 Optical Society of America

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