Visual Perception of Depth-from-Occlusion: A Neural Network Model

Abstract

This report covers research activity during the three month period from 6/1/90 to 9/1/90. We have been engaged in several preparatory projects aimed at developing a biologically-based model of how the visual cortex extracts depth-from-occlusion. Our major effort has focused on writing software for a large-scale neural network simulator. This simulator, which is now nearing testing phase, will allow the simulation of physiologically based networks of hundreds of thousands of interconnected cells. The simulator features a graphical user interface that controls the building, analyzing, running, and monitoring of multiple interconnected networks. The states of neurons (voltage, firing rate, ion concentrations, etc.) can be displayed in a variety of graphical formats depending upon the type of data required. We feel that, when complete, this package will be the most useful tool available to the community for simulating large, mapped networks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1990
Accession Number
ADA249771

Entities

People

  • Leif H. Finkel

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Firing Rate
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Military Research
  • Neural Networks
  • New York
  • Perception
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • User Interface
  • Vascular System Injuries
  • Visual Cortex
  • Visual Perception

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks