Feature extraction using a multichannel correlator

We propose here a method to optically perform multiple feature extraction using wavelet transforms. The method is based on obtaining the optical correlation by means of a Vander Lugt architecture, where the scene and the filter are displayed on spatial light modulators (SLM). Multiple phase filters containing the information about the features that we are interested on extracting are designed and then displayed on a SLM working in mostly phase mode. We have designed filters where edges and corners or different characteristic frequencies contained on the input scene are detected. Simulated and experimental results are shown.