Motion perception based on on/off channels: a survey

Q Fu - Neural Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Motion perception is an essential ability for animals and artificially intelligent systems
interacting effectively, safely with surrounding objects and environments. Biological visual …

Robust models for optic flow coding in natural scenes inspired by insect biology

RSA Brinkworth, DC O'Carroll - PLoS computational biology, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The extraction of accurate self-motion information from the visual world is a difficult problem
that has been solved very efficiently by biological organisms utilizing non-linear processing …

Correlation between OFF and ON channels underlies dark target selectivity in an insect visual system

SD Wiederman, PA Shoemaker… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
In both vertebrates and invertebrates, evidence supports separation of luminance
increments and decrements (ON and OFF channels) in early stages of visual processing (;); …

Acoustic detection of unmanned aerial vehicles using biologically inspired vision processing

J Fang, A Finn, R Wyber… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Robust detection of acoustically quiet, slow-moving, small unmanned aerial vehicles is
challenging. A biologically inspired vision approach applied to the acoustic detection of …

A bio-inspired spatiotemporal contrast operator for small and low-heat-signature target detection in infrared imagery

M Uzair, R SA Brinkworth, A Finn - Neural Computing and Applications, 2021 - Springer
Thermal infrared imaging is a promising modality for long-range small target detection.
However, low target contrast, high background clutter and sensor noise are some of the key …

Facilitation of dragonfly target-detecting neurons by slow moving features on continuous paths

JR Dunbier, SD Wiederman, PA Shoemaker… - Frontiers in neural …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Dragonflies detect and pursue targets such as other insects for feeding and conspecific
interaction. They have a class of neurons highly specialized for this task in their lobula, the …

Discrimination of features in natural scenes by a dragonfly neuron

SD Wiederman, DC O'Carroll - Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Flying insects engage in spectacular high-speed pursuit of targets, requiring visual
discrimination of moving objects against cluttered backgrounds. As a first step toward …

Detecting small size and minimal thermal signature targets in infrared imagery using biologically inspired vision

M Uzair, RSA Brinkworth, A Finn - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermal infrared imaging provides an effective sensing modality for detecting small moving
objects at long range. Typical challenges that limit the efficiency and robustness of the …

[PDF][PDF] Biologically inspired feature detection using cascaded correlations of off and on channels

SD Wiederman, DC O'Carroll - Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft …, 2013 - sciendo.com
Flying insects are valuable animal models for elucidating computational processes
underlying visual motion detection. For example, optical flow analysis by wide-field motion …

Biomimetic enhanced polarization orientation method for underwater scenes

Y Wu, J Liu, J Tang, H Huang, C Wang, H Cao… - Optics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater polarization information can provide reliable autonomous heading feedback for
underwater scenes in the presence of satellite denial and multi-source interference. A …