Electro-optical ifs finder
CA 2013074 C · Owner: Hughes Aircraft Company · Inventors: Moise, Norton L.; Shih, I-Fu; Chang, David B.
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An electro-optical system that implements the self-tiling process of finding proper Iterated Function systems for modeling natural objects. The system can operate in two different modes, a real-time interactive mode and an automated mode. The purpose of the system is to speed up the process of finding a proper IFS for a given object to be modeled. The system makes use of optical processing, including optical means for rotating magnifying/demagnifying and translating an input image. Optical beamsplitters are used to combine transformed images to produce a tiled output image. In one embodiment, an automated controller evaluates the goodness of the match between the tiled image and the input …
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- Filed March 26, 1990 and granted July 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2010.
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