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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals

Analog Integrated Circuit for Detection of an Approaching Object with Simple-Shape Recognition Based on Lower Animal Vision

Kimihiro NISHIO, Hiroo YONEZU, Yuzo FURUKAWA

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A network for the detection of an approaching object with simple-shape recognition is proposed based on lower animal vision. The locust can detect an approaching object through a simple process in the descending contralateral movement detector (DCMD) in the locust brain, by which the approach velocity and direction of the object is determined. The frog can recognize simple shapes through a simple process in the tectum and thalamus in the frog brain. The proposed network is constructed of simple analog complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits. The integrated circuit of the proposed network is fabricated with the 1.2 µm CMOS process. Measured results for the proposed circuit indicate that the approach velocity and direction of an object can be detected by the output current of the analog circuit based on the DCMD response. The shape of moving objects having simple shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, was recognized using the proposed frog-visual-system-based circuit.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E89-A No.2 pp.416-427
Publication Date
2006/02/01
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Online ISSN
1745-1337
DOI
10.1093/ietfec/e89-a.2.416
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Analog Circuit Techniques and Related Topics)
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