Intelligent vision systems

Author

Clark, Natalie ; Furth, Paul M.

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

258

Abstract

We have developed a new approach for performing high-bandwidth adaptive optics. Our approach is based on using massively parallel analog wavefront sensing, reconstruction, and compensation. We refer to our integrated adaptive optics system as a “silicon eye” because it operates in many ways analogous to biological retinas. In addition to speed, the silicon eye offers advantages in cost, size, and power consumption. In this paper, we discuss designs for massively parallel wavefront sensors, active pixel centroid circuits, analog wavefront reconstructors, and MEMS micro-mirrors

Keywords

adaptive optics; compensation; computer vision; image reconstruction; micro-optics; parallel processing; MEMS micro-mirrors; active pixel centroid circuits; analog wavefront reconstructors; compensation; high-bandwidth adaptive optics; integrated adaptive optics system; intelligent vision systems; massively parallel analog wavefront sensing; power consumption; reconstruction; silicon eye; Adaptive optics; Biosensors; Circuits; Costs; Energy consumption; Intelligent systems; Machine vision; Micromechanical devices; Retina; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Las Cruces, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5491-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867256

Filename

867256