Visual Motion Computation in Analog VLSI Using Pulses

Abstract

The real time computation of motion from real images using a single chip with integrated sensors is a hard prob(cid:173) lem. We present two analog VLSI schemes that use pulse domain neuromorphic circuits to compute motion. Pulses of variable width, rather than graded potentials, represent a natural medium for evaluating temporal relationships. Both algorithms measure speed by timing a moving edge in the image. Our first model is inspired by Reichardt's algorithm in the fiy and yields a non-monotonic response vs. velocity curve. We present data from a chip that implements this model. Our second algorithm yields a monotonic response vs. velocity curve and is currently being translated into silicon.

Cite

Text

Sarpeshkar et al. "Visual Motion Computation in Analog VLSI Using Pulses." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1992.

Markdown

[Sarpeshkar et al. "Visual Motion Computation in Analog VLSI Using Pulses." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1992.](https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1992/sarpeshkar1992neurips-visual/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{sarpeshkar1992neurips-visual,
  title     = {{Visual Motion Computation in Analog VLSI Using Pulses}},
  author    = {Sarpeshkar, Rahul and Bair, Wyeth and Koch, Christof},
  booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems},
  year      = {1992},
  pages     = {781-788},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1992/sarpeshkar1992neurips-visual/}
}