title: Model of neural visual system with self-organizing cells.
abstract: This paper describes a model of a neural visual system of a higher animal, in which the capability of pattern recognition develops adaptively. To produce the adaptability, we adopted "self-organizing cells," and with them modeled feature-detecting cells which were discovered by Hubel and Wiesel and whose plasticity was found by Blakemore and Cooper. Combining the "self-organizing cells" and the learning principle of a Perceptron-type system, we constructed a model of the whole visual system. The model is also equipped with an eye movement control mechanism for gazing, which reduces the number of "self-organizing cells" required for pattern recognition, thus contributing to their quick self-organization. Computer simulation and an experiment using a hardware simulator showed that "self-organizing cells" quickly become sensitive to the features often seen and that the resulted system can classify patterns with a rather small number of feature-detecting cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niizuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*