Abstract
Non-linear rank order and morphological filtering can be achieved in optical-digital processors. In these processors, all convolutions are performed in inherently parallel optical correlators. Arithmetic and logic operations are made digitally. Due to the threshold decomposition concept, grey scale images are sequentially treated slice by slice. The optical-digital method of local histogram calculation within both binary and weighted neighbourhoods allows local non-linear operations. We derive rank order and morphological filters from optically calculated convolutions. Several configurations of optical convolvers are discussed. Further improvements in the technology of spatial light modulators and encoded light sources are needed before these processors' practical uses will appear.
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