Engineering topics

Ennis, David J.

Publications and source records attributed to Ennis, David J..

3 records

NASA NTRS1989

Inclusion of filter modulation in synthetic-discriminant-function construction

A technique in which the filter modulation is included in the synthesis of a synthetic-discriminant-function (SDF) matched spatial filter is presented. In the filter synthesis, a system of simultaneous nonlinear equations is solved with an iteration procedure. A computer simulation of the new method using thresholded images of the Space Shuttle over a range of aspect angles was performed for phase-only filters (POFs) and binary-phase-only filters (BPOFs). The filters constructed are capable of obtaining the specified peak-correlation response to within 1 percent with a high signal-to-clutter-ratio for the one-class problem, the two-class problem, and the multilevel problem. In contrast, conventional projection SDF POFs and BPOFs are unable to produce the desired peak-correlation response.

Jared, David A.↗

NASA NTRS1988

Evaluation of binary-phase-only filters for distortion-invariant pattern recognition

The paper examines the performance of fSDF (filter synthetic discriminant function) binary-phase-only filters (BPOFs) for images in the distortion-range that were not members of the training set. Consideration is given to the nature of the tradeoff between the extent of the distortion range and the correlator performance for fSDF-BPOFs, and to the probable constraints this tradeoff will impose on a realized optical correlator.

Jared, David A.↗

NASA NTRS1986

Learned pattern recognition using synthetic-discriminant-functions

A method of using synthetic-discriminant-functions to facilitate learning in a pattern recognition system is discussed. Learning is accomplished by continually adding images to the training set used for synthetic discriminant functions (SDF) construction. Object identification is performed by efficiently searching a library of SDF filters for the maximum optical correlation. Two library structures are discussed - binary tree and multilinked graph - along with maximum ascent, back-tracking, perturbation, and simulated annealing searching techniques. By incorporating the distortion invariant properties of SDFs within a library structure, a robust pattern recognition system can be produced.

Jared, David A.↗