A fast focus measure for video display inspection

Machine Vision and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-196

  Tsai, D M ^a   Chou, C C ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatic inspection; CRT focus; Focus measure; Moment preserving; Video display

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATHODE RAY TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSINE TRANSFORMS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INSPECTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AUTOMATIC INSPECTION; CRT FOCUS; FOCUS MEASURE; MOMENT PRESERVING; VIDEO DISPLAYS;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

EID: 4444370658     PISSN: 09328092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00138-003-0126-1     Document Type: Review

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