A Bio-inspired Event-Based Real-Time Image Processor

Author

Serrano-Gotarredona, R. ; Serrano-Gotarredona, T. ; Acosta-Jimenez, A.J. ; Linares-Barranco, B. ; Camunas-Mesa, L.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Microelectronica de Sevilla, Seville

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

1206

Lastpage

1211

Abstract

AER (Address Event Representation) is an emergent bio-inspired protocol intended to communicate chips containing many processing units, called them neurons or pixels. It exploits the advantages of communicating the activation state of a neuron as pulses, as done in the human brain. The information is sent out sorted beginning with the most relevant. This feature together with the parallel processing of the information allows for performing very fast image processing. In this paper, we explain how AER is suitable for real-time image processing and, as an example, we present results from some AER-based convolution chips which is able to perform convolutions in real time

Keywords

biomimetics; brain; convolution; image processing; neural chips; neurophysiology; parallel processing; protocols; AER; address event representation; bio-inspired event-based real-time image processor; convolution chips; human brain; neurons; Convolution; Electronic mail; Humans; Image coding; Image processing; Microcontrollers; Neurons; Parallel processing; Protocols; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0040-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639257

Filename

1639257