An integrated cortical layer for orientation enhancement

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Venier, Philippe ^b,c   Mortara, Alessandro ^b,c,d,e,f   Arreguit, Xavier ^b,c,g   Vittoz, Eric A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog neural networks; Analog VLSI system; Image processing; Neuromorphic vision system; Pulse processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; EDGE DETECTION; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CURRENT TO PULSE FREQUENCY CONVERSION; NEUROMORPHIC VISION SYSTEM; PULSE PROCESSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0031078793     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.551909     Document Type: Article

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