The computers used in image processing and detection and operating sequentially, for example expert systems with stored empirical knowledge, have been partially replaced by neuron networks (1, 2) which operate associatively. To use the image recognition, consisting of the extraction (12) of image features (5) and classification (6), for production processes, the processing time must be sufficiently short and the capacity must be adequate. In combination with the use of neuron networks (1, 2), the application of predetermined invariances with respect to the rotation, the translation and the scaling is provided for this purpose. The invariances directly enter into the topology of a neuron network (1, 2), in which certain synapses (19) are established and must thus be treated uniformly for future processes.
Method for visual inspection of two- or three-dimensional images