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An iconic-to-iconic low-level image processor is provided which comprises a plurality of identical sequential intermediate stages located between an input stage adapted to be connected to image sources such as analog or digital television cameras, ranging devices and conformal mapping arrays and an

An iconic-to-iconic low-level image processor is provided which comprises a plurality of identical sequential intermediate stages located between an input stage adapted to be connected to image sources such as analog or digital television cameras, ranging devices and conformal mapping arrays and an output stage adapted to be connected, e.g. to monitors, robot vision systems, iconic symbolic mapping devices and image processing computers. The intermediate stages are provided with forward pathway connections which afford sequential image processing as well as retrograde (feedback) pathway connections between adjacent stages in reverse sequence and within stage, recursive pathway connections for each stage. The stages each include neighborhood operators and image buffers and a number of operations are supported including neighborhood operations on images within each stage and between-stage operations on each pixel such as threshold, boolean and arithmetic operations, function mappings and the like.

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An image pre-processor for low-level iconic-to-iconic image processing system, said processor comprising: a plurality of sequentially arranged, multiply interconnected processor stages each including means for storing multiple complete images; means providing a forward path connection between adjace

An image pre-processor for low-level iconic-to-iconic image processing system, said processor comprising: a plurality of sequentially arranged, multiply interconnected processor stages each including means for storing multiple complete images; means providing a forward path connection between adjacent stages of said plurality of stages in sequence for transmitting complete processed images between those stages; means providing backward path connections between adjacent stages of said plurality of stages in a reverse sequence to the forward path connections between the plurality of the stages for transmitting complete processed images between those stages; and means providing a within stage recursive path connection for each stage of said plurality of stages wherein the output of the stage is connected back to an input to the stage for transmitting complete processed images between said output and said input of that stage.