A fast 100×100 pixel silicon retina for edge extraction with application in OCR

6th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, ISSPA 2001 - Proceedings; 6 Tutorials in Communications, Image Processing and Signal Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 288-291

  Burgi, Pierre Yves ^a   Heitger, Friedrich ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EDGE EXTRACTION; EDGE INFORMATION; FRONT END ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION TRANSMISSION; SAMPLING RATES; SENSORY INFORMATION; SENSORY SIGNALS; STEERABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 1542289393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPA.2001.949834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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