Higher accuracy template for corner cube reflected image

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7072, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Awwal, Abdul A S ^a   Rice, Kenneth L ^b   Leach, Richard R ^a   Taha, Tarek M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated optical alignment; Matched filtering; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IGNITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATED OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; BASE-LINES; BEAM IMAGES; CORNER CUBES; FPGA IMPLEMENTATIONS; LASER ALIGNMENTS; MATCHED FILTERING; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITIES; PENTIUM 4 PROCESSORS; PINHOLE IMAGES; POSITION DETERMINATIONS; QUALITY VARIATIONS; SPEED-UP; VIDEO IMAGES; WIDE BEAMS; XILINX VIRTEX;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 55549132628     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.798704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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