Biologically Inspired Vision Systems
Summary
Scientists at The Rowland Institute at Harvard are working on enabling computers to see its surroundings, just as humans can do, using biologically-inspired algorithms that enable computers to understand what they see.
Recognizing objects in the natural environment is something humans do naturally, without even realizing they’re doing it. However, what computers see is very different from what we see. To a computer, each image is just a collection of numbers.
How does biological vision work? When we look at a particular scene, the light from the scene enters our eye and is measured by the retina – the layer of light-detecting cells at the back of the eye. From there, information is transmitted along the optic nerve, through the mid-brain, to the cerebral cortex.
Keywords: vision systems, technology, science, biologically-inspired, visual processing
