An Experimental Laboratory for Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing
An interactive computer-controlled scanning
and display system has been in operation at the 
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center for three years.
 The system includes two flying-spot scanners and 
a TV camera specially interfaced to a process control
digital computer, dot-mode and vector displays, 
analog input and output facilities, and a variety of
other experimental equipment.  The system design 
and programming support are described and typical applications
in scanner control, optical character 
recognition,and image processing are presented.
CACM April, 1972
Herbst, N. M.
Will, P. M.
