Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Nicoh Company, Ltd.

Aki Ueda

Yukio Ogura

Toshio Inada

Hironobu Mifune

A parallel optical information processing system includes an information inputting part which produces a coherent optical beam spatially modulated by input image information. A rewritable hologram memory carries a plurality of stored images as holograms so that the holograms are overlapped with each other, the rewritable hologram memory being written with image information when illuminated by a recording optical beam. An image reproducing part is supplied with the input image information, and produces reproduced image information from the rewritable hologram memory. A hologram synthesizing part synthesizes a synthetic hologram in response to the reproduced image information. A hologram recording part records the synthetic hologram in the rewritable hologram memory through the recording optical beam.

Parallel optical information processing system

An optical disc system typically includes an optical disc and an optical pick-up for projecting a light beam for recording information. The optical pick-up or at least its objective lens is provided to be movable relative to the optical disc in a predetermined direction. The optical pick-up uses two light beams, one of which is for recording information on the disc and the other of which is for reproducing the information recorded on the disc immediately after it has been recorded for confirmation. In accordance with the present invention, it is so structured that a tracking error of the confirmation light beam on the disc is monitored and the light intensity of the confirmation light beam emitted from the light source is varied in accordance with the detected tracking error of the confirmation light beam on the disc.

Multi-beamed optical pick-up

A parallel image processing system comprises an image detection array of photodector elements, edge detection circuit including a number of edge detection elements for producing an output signal indicating detection of edge of the input image, and movement detection circuit including a number of movement detection elements each being supplied with output signals from a first group of the edge detection elements along a first signal path as an excitement signal and further from a second group of the edge detection elements along a second signal path as an inhibitory signal, for producing a movement detection signal indicating movement of the input image on the basis of comparison of the excitement signal and the inhibitory signal.

Parallel image processing system

An optical processing system comprises first light source, a spatial modulator for modulating optical beam passing therethrough, an image input part for writing the input image on the modulator by means of an incoherent optical beam, an optical Fourier transform device, an optical memory for storing a plurality of image informations in a form of Fourier transform hologram comprising a medium which allows erasing and rewriting of information by optical beam, an image detection/light source device supplied with a plurality of optical beams for producing another optical beam in correspondence to one of the optical beams which has the maximum intensity along a path of that optical beam in a reversed direction, a second light source for irradiating the optical memory by another optical beam for writing a new information, an image output device provided in an optical path of the output beam, and a controller connected to the image input device, first light source and second light source for controlling energization thereof, in which the controller is further connected to the modulating means and optical memory means for clearing informations written thereon.

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Yokohama, Japan

Aki Ueda