title: Modified morphological correlation based on bit-map representations.
abstract: Pattern recognition with high discrimination can be achieved with a morphological correlator. A modification of this correlator is carried out by use of a binary slicing process instead of linear thresholding. Although the obtained correlation result is not identical to the conventional morphological correlation, it requires fewer calculations and provides even higher discrimination. Two optical experimental implementations of this modified morphological correlator as well as some experimental results are shown.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shemer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mendlovic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shabtay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garcia-Martinez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia