A biomimetic VLSI sensor for visual tracking of small moving targets

被引:13
作者
Higgins, CM [1 ]
Pant, V
机构
[1] Univ Arizona, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Arizona Res Labs, Div Neurobiol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
关键词
analog very large-scale integration (VLSI); biomimetic; spatiotemporal frequency; target tracking; visual motion;
D O I
10.1109/TCSI.2004.836856
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Taking inspiration from the visual system of the fly, we describe and characterize a monolithic analog very large-scale integration sensor, which produces control signals appropriate for the guidance of an autonomous robot to visually track a small moving target. This sensor is specifically designed to allow such tracking even from a moving imaging platform which experiences complex background optical flow patterns. Based on relative visual motion of the target and background, the computational model implemented by this sensor emphasizes any small-field motion which is inconsistent with the wide-field background motion.
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页码:2384 / 2394
页数:11
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