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Title

An analog VLSI system for stereoscopic vision / Misha Mahowald ; [foreword by Carver Mead].

Author

Mahowald, Misha.

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xiii, 215 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

The Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science. VLSI, computer architecture, and digital signal processing

Uniform Title

Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science. VLSI, computer architecture, and digital signal processing.

Subject

• Computer vision
• Stereoscopic views
• Linear integrated circuits

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211) and index.

Contents

1. Synthesis -- 2. The Silicon Retina. 2.1. Anatomical Models. 2.2. Architecture of the Silicon Retina. 2.3. Photoreceptors. 2.4. Horizontal Cells. 2.5. Bipolar Cells. 2.6. Physical Constraints on Information Processing. 2.7. Emergent Properties -- 3. The Silicon Optic Nerve. 3.1. Summary of Existing Techniques. 3.2. Address-Event Representation. 3.3. Model of Data-Transfer Timing Efficiency. 3.4. Data Transfer in One Dimension. 3.5. Two-Dimensional Retina - Receiver System. 3.6. Advantages of Address Events -- 4. Stereopsis. 4.1. Stereocorrespondence. 4.2. Neurophysiology. 4.3. Stereocorrespondence Algorithms. 4.4. Stereocorrespondence Chip. 4.5. Experiments. 4.6. Stereocorrespondence as a Model of Cortical Function -- 5. System -- A: Simple Circuits. A.1. Transistors. A.2. Current Mirrors. A.3. Differential Pairs. A.4. Transconductance Amplifiers. A.5. Low-Pass Filter. A.6. Resistor.

ISBN

0792394445 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

93049498

OCLC

• 29598487
• ocm29598487

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries