title: Software model of a machine vision system based on the common house fly.
abstract: The vision system of the common house fly has many properties, such as hyperacuity and parallel structure, which would be advantageous in a machine vision system. A software model has been developed which is ultimately intended to be a tool to guide the design of an analog real time vision system. The model starts by laying out cartridges over an image. The cartridges are analogous to the ommatidium of the fly's eye and contain seven photoreceptors each with a Gaussian profile. The spacing between photoreceptors is variable providing for more or less detail as needed. The cartridges provide information on what type of features they see and neighboring cartridges share information to construct a feature map.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilcox
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006793:Houseflies / Q000502:physiology*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*