BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED VISUAL ATTENTION FEATURES FOR A VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION TASK

Biologically-inspired Visual Attention Features for a Vehicle Classification Task

The continuous rise in the number of vehicles in circulation brings an increasing need for automatically and efficiently recognizing vehicle categories for multiple applications such as optimizing available parking spaces, balancing ferry loads, planning infrastructure and managing traffic, or servicing vehicles. This paper explores the use of human visual attention mechanisms to identify a set...

A biologically inspired visual attention framework for artificial systems

In this report we are going to illustrate and detail our research efforts on the investigation of mechanisms implied in visual attention and on the definition of a methodology to transfer them to an artificial agent in order to attain rapid selection of meaningful points in a wide field of view. This research is integrated in a broader one aimed to the study of perception as the privileged tool...

Development of a Biologically Inspired Real-Time Visual Attention System

A Novel Biologically Inspired Attention Mechanism for a Social Robot

In biological vision systems, the attention mechanism is responsible for selecting the relevant information from the sensed field of view. In robotics, this ability is specially useful because of the restrictions in computational resources which are necessary to simultaneously perform different tasks. An emerging area in robotics is developing social robots which are capable to navigate and to ...

BioRhythm: a Biologically-inspired Audio-Visual Installation

BioRhythm is an interactive bio-feedback installation controlled by the cardiovascular system. Data from a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor controls sonification and visualization parameters in real-time. Biological signals are obtained using the techniques of Resonance Theory in Hemodynamics and mapped to audiovisual cues via the Five Element Philosophy. The result is a new media interface uti...