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Optical correlator

CA 1317801 C · Owner: Takesue, Toshiharu · Inventors: Takesue, Toshiharu; Mitsuoka, Yasuyuki

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An optical correlator according to the present invention generates a cross-correlation peak of two patterns of pictorial information to be compared. It generates pictorial patterns of a sum of the two patterns of pictorial information and of a difference between the two patterns of pictorial information by a phase conjugate waveform transforms the, pictorial patterns into first Fourier transform images generates a, pictorial pattern of a difference between an intensity distribution of the first Fourier transform images by the phase conjugate waveform and, transforms the pictorial pattern of a difference between an intensity distribution of the first Fourier transform images into second …

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  • Granted May 18, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 18, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 6, 1989
GrantedMay 18, 1993
Term endedMay 18, 2010
Patent numberCA 1317801 C
Classification (IPC)G02B27/46 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedSep 6, 1989Patent grantedMay 18, 1993Term endedMay 18, 2010

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