Issues on Machine Vision

A machine vision system should be able to analyze images and produce descriptions of what it "sees". The descriptions should capture the aspects of the objects being imaged and be useful for accomplishing some specific tasks. In this volume a number of subjects are discussed. They include theoretical aspects which focus on shape analysis, special architectures, 3-D image decomposition, inspection by machine vision, and others. Applications include geophysical image analysis, robotics, sparse image understanding, biomedical applications. An ample survey of the present industrial applications is also provided. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Data Processing Via Associative Memory....Pages 1-11 Picture Labeling and Shape Descriptors for Machine Vision....Pages 13-23 Morphological Approach to Industrial Image Inspection of Honeycomb Composite Materials....Pages 25-39 On 2-D Digital Filter Design by the Adaptive Differential Correction Algorithm....Pages 41-54 A Comparison of Hierarchical Topologies for Mega-Micro-Computers....Pages 55-82 Recognition of Some Texture Faults in Textiles Via Computer Vision....Pages 83-94 A Survey of Constrained Delaunay Triangulation Algorithms for Surface Representation....Pages 95-104 Data Fusion Approach to MR Image Recognition Through Tissue Characterization....Pages 105-116 A Medium Level Language for Pyramid Architectures....Pages 117-133 Vision Problems in Sparse Images....Pages 135-147 Machine Vision for Inspection....Pages 149-161 Neural Networks, Supercomputers and Computer Vision....Pages 163-175 Software Issues for Machine Vision....Pages 177-208 SMAE: A Multiprocessor System for Architecture Emulation in Intermediate Level Image Processing Tasks....Pages 209-219 A Multiresolution Approach for Segmenting Surfaces....Pages 221-247 Signed Euclidean Distance Transform Applied to Shape Analysis....Pages 249-262 Image Understanding Techniques in Geophysical Data Interpretation....Pages 263-274 Knowledge Integration for Machine Vision....Pages 275-280 Moment-Based Methods of Identification and Localization of Partially Visible Objects....Pages 281-291 Motion Parameter Estimation for Robot Application....Pages 293-309 Industrial Applications of Machine Vision....Pages 311-339