title: A visually guided collision warning system with a neuromorphic architecture.
abstract: We have designed a visually guided collision warning system with a neuromorphic architecture, employing an algorithm inspired by the visual nervous system of locusts. The system was implemented with mixed analog-digital integrated circuits consisting of an analog resistive network and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) circuits. The resistive network processes the interaction between the laterally spreading excitatory and inhibitory signals instantaneously, which is essential for real-time computation of collision avoidance with a low power consumption and a compact hardware. The system responded selectively to approaching objects of simulated movie images at close range. The system was, however, confronted with serious noise problems due to the vibratory ego-motion, when it was installed in a mobile miniature car. To overcome this problem, we developed the algorithm, which is also installable in FPGA circuits, in order for the system to respond robustly during the ego-motion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000465:Algorithms; D003201:Computers; D003463:Cues; D009038:Motion; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015349:Vision, Monocular; D014796:Visual Perception