Applications Of Artificial Intelligence To Computer-Aided Lens Design

Donald C . Dilworth

doi:10.1117/12.940208

10 June 1987 Applications Of Artificial Intelligence To Computer-Aided Lens Design

Donald C . Dilworth

Proceedings Volume 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940208
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A major research project at OSD involves investigating the potentials of artificial intelligence (AI) when applied to the problem of computer-aided lens design. Two primary approaches have been taken to date: natural-language interfacing and the use of expert systems. The first allows the user to communicate with an intelligent processor routine to alter or inquire about nearly any lens or system parameter. Many different sentence syntaxes are parsed by the program, which determines what the sentence means and then acts accordingly. The second, and potentially more powerful application, provides a means for the software to "learn" about optics by studying a set of lenses designed by experts, and formulating its own rules for going about the design process. In essence, the results of the program are not predetermined by the programmer, and the results get better as the program learns more. Finding starting points and escaping from local minima are two typical applications.

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Donald C . Dilworth "Applications Of Artificial Intelligence To Computer-Aided Lens Design", Proc. SPIE 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop, (10 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940208

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