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An Analog VLSI Neural Network for Phase-based Machine Vision

Neural Information Processing Systems

Gabor filters are used as preprocessing stages for different tasks in machine vision and image processing. Their use has been partially motivated by findings that two dimensional Gabor filters can be used to model receptive fields of orientation selective neurons in the visual cortex (Daugman, 1980) and three dimensional spatiotemporal Gabor filters can be used to model biological image motion analysis (Adelson, 1985). A Gabor filter has a complex valued impulse response which is a complex exponential modulated by a Gaussian function.


An Analog VLSI Neural Network for Phase-based Machine Vision

Neural Information Processing Systems

Gabor filters are used as preprocessing stages for different tasks in machine vision and image processing. Their use has been partially motivated by findings that two dimensional Gabor filters can be used to model receptive fields of orientation selective neurons in the visual cortex (Daugman, 1980) and three dimensional spatiotemporal Gabor filters can be used to model biological image motion analysis (Adelson, 1985). A Gabor filter has a complex valued impulse response which is a complex exponential modulated by a Gaussian function.


An Analog VLSI Neural Network for Phase-based Machine Vision

Neural Information Processing Systems

Gabor filters are used as preprocessing stages for different tasks in machine vision and image processing. Their use has been partially motivated by findings that two dimensional Gabor filters can be used to model receptive fields of orientation selective neurons in the visual cortex (Daugman, 1980) and three dimensional spatiotemporal Gabor filters can be used to model biological image motion analysis (Adelson, 1985). A Gabor filter has a complex valued impulse response which is a complex exponential modulated by a Gaussian function.


VLSI Phase Locking Architectures for Feature Linking in Multiple Target Tracking Systems

Neural Information Processing Systems

Recent physiological research has shown that synchronization of oscillatory responses in striate cortex may code for relationships between visual features of objects. A VLSI circuit has been designed to provide rapid phase-locking synchronization of multiple oscillators to allow for further exploration of this neural mechanism. By exploiting the intrinsic random transistor mismatch of devices operated in subthreshold, large groups of phase-locked oscillators can be readily partitioned into smaller phase-locked groups. A mUltiple target tracker for binary images is described utilizing this phase-locking architecture. A VLSI chip has been fabricated and tested to verify the architecture.


VLSI Phase Locking Architectures for Feature Linking in Multiple Target Tracking Systems

Neural Information Processing Systems

Recent physiological research has shown that synchronization of oscillatory responses in striate cortex may code for relationships between visual features of objects. A VLSI circuit has been designed to provide rapid phase-locking synchronization of multiple oscillators to allow for further exploration of this neural mechanism. By exploiting the intrinsic random transistor mismatch of devices operated in subthreshold, large groups of phase-locked oscillators can be readily partitioned into smaller phase-locked groups. A mUltiple target tracker for binary images is described utilizing this phase-locking architecture. A VLSI chip has been fabricated and tested to verify the architecture.


VLSI Phase Locking Architectures for Feature Linking in Multiple Target Tracking Systems

Neural Information Processing Systems

Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Maryland College Park, MD 20722 Abstract Recent physiological research has shown that synchronization of oscillatory responses in striate cortex may code for relationships between visual features of objects. A VLSI circuit has been designed toprovide rapid phase-locking synchronization of multiple oscillators to allow for further exploration of this neural mechanism. By exploiting the intrinsic random transistor mismatch of devices operated in subthreshold, large groups of phase-locked oscillators can be readily partitioned into smaller phase-locked groups. A mUltiple target tracker for binary images is described utilizing this phase-locking architecture. A VLSI chip has been fabricated and tested to verify the architecture.


An Analog VLSI Splining Network

Neural Information Processing Systems

We have produced a VLSI circuit capable of learning to approximate arbitrary smooth of a single variable using a technique closely related to splines. The circuit effectively has 512 knots space on a uniform grid and has full support for learning. The circuit also can be used to approximate multi-variable functions as sum of splines. An interesting, and as of yet, nearly untapped set of applications for VLSI implementation of neural network learning systems can be found in adaptive control and nonlinear signal processing. In most such applications, the learning task consists of approximating a real function of a small number of continuous variables from discrete data points.


An Analog VLSI Splining Network

Neural Information Processing Systems

We have produced a VLSI circuit capable of learning to approximate arbitrary smooth of a single variable using a technique closely related to splines. The circuit effectively has 512 knots space on a uniform grid and has full support for learning. The circuit also can be used to approximate multi-variable functions as sum of splines. An interesting, and as of yet, nearly untapped set of applications for VLSI implementation of neural network learning systems can be found in adaptive control and nonlinear signal processing. In most such applications, the learning task consists of approximating a real function of a small number of continuous variables from discrete data points.


An Analog VLSI Splining Network

Neural Information Processing Systems

Waltham, MA 02254 Abstract We have produced a VLSI circuit capable of learning to approximate arbitrary smoothof a single variable using a technique closely related to splines. The circuit effectively has 512 knots space on a uniform grid and has full support for learning. The circuit also can be used to approximate multi-variable functions as sum of splines. An interesting, and as of yet, nearly untapped set of applications for VLSI implementation ofneural network learning systems can be found in adaptive control and nonlinear signal processing. In most such applications, the learning task consists of approximating a real function of a small number of continuous variables from discrete data points.


Analog Circuits for Constrained Optimization

Neural Information Processing Systems

This paper explores whether analog circuitry can adequately perform constrained optimization. Constrained optimization circuits are designed using the differential multiplier method. These circuits fulfill time-varying constraints correctly. Example circuits include a quadratic programming circuit and a constrained flip-flop.