Real-time automatic target recognition using a compact 512 x 512 grayscale optical correlator

JPL has recently developed, for the first time, a compact (2” x 2” x 1”) Grayscale Optical Correlator (GOC) using a pair of 512 x 512 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulators. In this paper, we will discuss recent progress in the design and packaging technology to achieve a rugged portable GOC module to enable the real-time onboard applications of this miniature GOC. Several automatic target recognition applications will also be presented.

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