Patent ID: 7119941
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G06E,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of calculating parameters for a matching mask, comprising: providing an optical processor having a given system design and including a continuous optical element performing a continuous optical transform and at least one discrete input or output array component comprising a plurality of discrete elements; determining a discrete general linear transform to be performed by said processor after said processor is provided with a matching mask to be determined, said mask being associated with the discrete array component for matching discretization behavior of the component with continuous behavior of said continuous element; providing a non-pinhole geometry of a mask element of said matching mask; and calculating a plurality of mask elements weights that define a transmittance of said mask element in said geometry, such that said processor at least approximates said general linear transform, by modeling a behavior of the processor including the mask.