A biologically inspired analog IC for visual collision detection

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2308-2318

  Harrison, Reid R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS imager; Collision detection; Gilbert multiplier; Insect vision; Neuromorphic systems; Optic flow; Smart sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; CMOS IMAGER; COLLISION DETECTION; GILBERT MULTIPLIER; INSECT VISION; NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS; OPTIC FLOW; SMART SENSOR;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 28444438566     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.853517     Document Type: Article

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