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Title: METHOD AND MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING COMPLEX PATTERNS

Abstract

This patent relates to a method and means for recognizing a complex pattern in a picture. The picture is divided into framelets, each framelet being sized so that any segment of the complex pattern therewithin is essentially a straight line. Each framelet is scanned to produce an electrical pulse for each point scanned on the segment therewithin. Each of the electrical pulses of each segment is then transformed into a separate strnight line to form a plane transform in a pictorial display. Each line in the plane transform of a segment is positioned laterally so that a point on the line midway between the top and the bottom of the pictorial display occurs at a distance from the left edge of the pictorial display equal to the distance of the generating point in the segment from the left edge of the framelet. Each line in the plane transform of a segment is inclined in the pictorial display at an angle to the vertical whose tangent is proportional to the vertical displacement of the generating point in the segment from the center of the framelet. The coordinate position of the point of intersection of the lines in the pictorial display formore » each segment is determined and recorded. The sum total of said recorded coordinate positions being representative of the complex pattern. (AEC)

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Originating Research Org. not identified
OSTI Identifier:
4746348
Patent Number(s):
3069654
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
NSA Number:
NSA-17-008572
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION; DIAGRAMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IMAGES; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; PULSES; RECORDING SYSTEMS

Citation Formats

Hough, P V.C. METHOD AND MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING COMPLEX PATTERNS. United States: N. p., 1962. Web.
Hough, P V.C. METHOD AND MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING COMPLEX PATTERNS. United States.
Hough, P V.C. Tue . "METHOD AND MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING COMPLEX PATTERNS". United States.
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author = {Hough, P V.C.},
abstractNote = {This patent relates to a method and means for recognizing a complex pattern in a picture. The picture is divided into framelets, each framelet being sized so that any segment of the complex pattern therewithin is essentially a straight line. Each framelet is scanned to produce an electrical pulse for each point scanned on the segment therewithin. Each of the electrical pulses of each segment is then transformed into a separate strnight line to form a plane transform in a pictorial display. Each line in the plane transform of a segment is positioned laterally so that a point on the line midway between the top and the bottom of the pictorial display occurs at a distance from the left edge of the pictorial display equal to the distance of the generating point in the segment from the left edge of the framelet. Each line in the plane transform of a segment is inclined in the pictorial display at an angle to the vertical whose tangent is proportional to the vertical displacement of the generating point in the segment from the center of the framelet. The coordinate position of the point of intersection of the lines in the pictorial display for each segment is determined and recorded. The sum total of said recorded coordinate positions being representative of the complex pattern. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1962},
month = {12}
}

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