Conjunction search using a 1-D, analog VLSI-based, attentional search/tracking chip

Proceedings - 20th Anniversary Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI, ARVLSI 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 276-290

  Horiuchi, Timothy ^a   Niebur, Ernst ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMALS;

DIRECTION OF MOTION; SENSORY INPUT; SENSORY PROCESSING; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; SPECIFIC TASKS; TASK INFORMATION; TRACKING MODE; WINNER TAKE ALLS;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 85008015561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARVLSI.1999.756054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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