Invariant multi-scale object categorisation and recognition

Object recognition requires that templates with canonical views are stored in memory. Such templates must somehow be normalised. In this paper we present a novel method for obtaining 2D translation, rotation and size invariance. Cortical simple, complex and end-stopped cells provide multi-scale maps...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, J. M. F. (author)
Other Authors: du Buf, J. M. H. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/169
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/169
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Summary:Object recognition requires that templates with canonical views are stored in memory. Such templates must somehow be normalised. In this paper we present a novel method for obtaining 2D translation, rotation and size invariance. Cortical simple, complex and end-stopped cells provide multi-scale maps of lines, edges and keypoints. These maps are combined such that objects are characterised. Dynamic routing in neighbouring neural layers allows feature maps of input objects and stored templates to converge. We illustrate the construction of group templates and the invariance method for object categorisation and recognition in the context of a cortical architecture, which can be applied in computer vision.