Two varieties of Focal Plane Convolvers have been fabricated; the time multiplexing and the space multiplexing focal plane convolvers. They extract spacial features of a scene using parallel processing procedures at the imaging detector array site. The detailed description and operation of these devices is described. The following related areas of technology are also discussed: o Double Correlated Double Sampling o CCD Charge Transport o Equal Variance Mapping o Charge Transport Efficiency o Spacial Convolution Operators o Uniformity Issues o Local Rotational Invariance o Other Devices on the Reticle

Date Published: 23 May 1989
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 1071, Optical Sensors and Electronic Photography, (23 May 1989); doi: 10.1117/12.952510

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1071:
Optical Sensors and Electronic Photography
Morley M. Blouke; Donald Pophal, Editor(s)