Introduction

Abstract

The word pattern is derived from the same root as the word patron and, in its original use, means something which is set up as a perfect example to be imitated. Thus Pattern Recognition means the identification of the ideal which a given object was made after. This is a rather loaded definition and it touches on a number of deep questions. For one, it reminds us of Plato’s ideas, the perfect forms which the objects of the real world are imperfect replicas of. In psychology, Pattern Recognition is defined as the process by which “external signals arriving at the sense organs are converted into meaningful perceptual experiences” [1.1]. This is also a rather complex definition, since it is difficult to define precisely what a “meaningful perceptual experience” is.

“Seeing is deceiving” M. LUCKIESH [1.9]