Phase-based binocular perception of motion in depth: Cortical-like operators and analog VLSI architectures

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2003, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 690-702

  Sabatini, Silvio P ^a   Solari, Fabio ^a   Cavalleri, Paolo ^a   Bisio, Giacomo Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical architectures; Gabor filters; Lattice networks; Motion processing; Phase based dynamic stereoscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; VLSI CIRCUITS;

BINOCULAR PERCEPTION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0038443426     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865703302033     Document Type: Article

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