A high-speed readout scheme for fast optical correlation-based pattern recognition

Gregor J. McDonald; Meirion F. Lewis; Rebecca Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.580859

16 December 2004 A high-speed readout scheme for fast optical correlation-based pattern recognition

Gregor J. McDonald, Meirion F. Lewis, Rebecca Wilson

Proceedings Volume 5616, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580859
Event: European Symposium on Optics and Photonics for Defence and Security, 2004, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

We describe recent developments to a novel form of hybrid electronic/photonic correlator, which exploits component innovations in both electronics and photonics to provide fast, compact and rugged target recognition, applicable to a wide range of security applications. The system benefits from a low power, low volume, optical processing core which has the potential to realise man portable pattern recognition for a wide range of security based imagery and target databases. In the seminal Vander Lugt correlator the input image is Fourier transformed optically and multiplied optically with the conjugate Fourier transform of a reference pattern; the required correlation function is completed by taking the inverse Fourier transform of the product optically. The correlator described here is similar in principle, but performs the initial Fourier transforms and multiplication electronically, with only the final most computationally demanding output Fourier transform being performed optically. In this scheme the Fourier transforms of both the input scene and reference pattern are reduced to a binary phase-only format, where the multiplication process simplifies to a simple Boolean logic XOR function. The output of this XOR gate is displayed on a state-of-the-art Fast Bit Plane Spatial Light Modulator (FBPSLM). A novel readout scheme has been developed which overcomes the previous system output bottleneck and for the first time allows correlation frame readout rates capable of matching the inherently fast nature of the SLM. Readout rates of up to ~1 MHz are now possible, exceeding current SLM capabilities and meeting potential medium term SLM developments promised by SLMs based on novel materials and architectures.

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Gregor J. McDonald, Meirion F. Lewis, and Rebecca Wilson "A high-speed readout scheme for fast optical correlation-based pattern recognition", Proc. SPIE 5616, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting, (16 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580859

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