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Parallel processing in machine vision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Stanley R. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Machine Vision International, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 (USA)

Summary

Machine vision systems incorporating highly parallel processor architectures are reviewed. A new processor architecture, the image flow computer, is presented in detail. An interactive image processing programming language based on mathematical morphology is then presented. A detailed example of the use of the system for the inspection of a particular industrial part concludes the presentation.

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Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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