Parallel visual computation
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 306 (5938) , 21-26
- https://doi.org/10.1038/306021a0
Abstract
The functional abilities and parallel architecture of the human visual system are a rich source of ideas about visual processing. Any visual task that we can perform quickly and effortlessly is likely to have a computational solution using a parallel algorithm. Recently, several such parallel algorithms have been found that exploit information implicit in an image to compute intrinsic properties of surfaces, such as surface orientation, reflectance and depth. These algorithms require a computational architecture that has similarities to that of visual cortex in primates.Keywords
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