DocumentCode :
1852685
Title :
Computing visual motion in the short and the long: from receptive fields to neural networks
Author :
Waxman, Allen M. ; Wu, Jian ; Seibert, Michael
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Sensory Robotics, Boston Univ., MA, USA
fYear :
1989
fDate :
20-22 Mar 1989
Firstpage :
156
Lastpage :
164
Abstract :
Theoretical approaches to the study of perceptual phenomena of short-range and long-range apparent motion are discussed. Short-range motion is estimated by real-time receptive fields sensitive to velocities of image features. The design of these receptive fields follows from the concept of convected activation profiles, where shape-preserving activity waves are excited by, and ride atop, dynamic features. Long-range motion concerns the correspondence between features in disparate images, and the perceptual impletion of a path between these corresponding features. It is argued that this illusory motion is an artifact of a more general spatiotemporal grouping process. This process is realized in a dynamic nonlinear feedback neural network that is called a neural analog diffusion-enhancement layer (NADEL). Computations suggest that the NADEL can support a variety of long-range motion percepts popularized by the Gestalt psychologists. The authors illustrate (on videotape) both classes of computation in real time on the PIPE parallel computer
Keywords :
computer vision; neural nets; visual perception; Gestalt psychologists; PIPE parallel computer; apparent motion; convected activation profiles; image features; neural analog diffusion-enhancement layer; neural networks; perceptual phenomena; real-time receptive fields; receptive fields; shape-preserving activity waves; spatiotemporal grouping process; visual motion computing; Biological neural networks; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Educational institutions; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Motion estimation; Neural networks; Psychology; Robot sensing systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Visual Motion, 1989.,Proceedings. Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Irvine, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1903-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WVM.1989.47105
Filename :
47105
Link To Document :
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