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Perception. Question of the Day. Why is recognizing an object so easy for humans, but so difficult for computers?. Points of Confusion. http://i.ivillage.com/E/325/Celebrities/FaceReader/FaceReaderIntro_325.jpg. http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-6/mag2-5mf1.jpg. Perception:
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Question of the Day • Why is recognizing an object so easy for humans, but so difficult for computers?
Points of Confusion http://i.ivillage.com/E/325/Celebrities/FaceReader/FaceReaderIntro_325.jpg http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-6/mag2-5mf1.jpg
Perception: attaching meaning to incoming sensory information What is this?
Perceptual Constancies • Shape Constancy • Tendency to see an object as keeping its form despite changes in orientation.
Perceptual Constancies • Size Constancy • Tendency to view an object as constant in size despite changes in the size of the retinal image. http://www.psychologie.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/assets/images/constancy.jpg
Perceptual Constancies • Illusions
Gestalt principles of Perceptual Organization • Proximity http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/optical_illusions/images/proximity.gif
Gestalt principles of Perceptual Organization • Similarity • http://www.aber.ac.uk
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Gestalt principles of Perceptual Organization • Closure http://daphne.palomar.edu http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC10220/Images/seal.gif http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/closure/closure_a.gif
Gestalt principles of Perceptual Organization • Common fate
Figure 2-5 Gestalt principles of Perceptual Organization
Two Interacting Aspects of Perception • Bottom-up processing • Processing based on incoming stimuli from the environment • Also called data-based processing • Top-down processing • Processing based on the perceiver’s previous knowledge • Also called knowledge-based processing http://jurmo.us/log/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/topdownbottomup.jpg
Bottom-Up Processes The number “4” from the check is compared to a list of stored templates. Template matching
Bottom-Up Processes Problems with Template Matching • Large number of stored templates needed • How are new templates made? • An object can be “more or less” like the template • We can recognize many variations of a template
Bottom-Up Processes Figure 2-8
Bottom-Up Processes Featural Analysis features (“parts”) of a stimulus are recognized by feature detectors and added together to help us perceive an object • Lines or edges • Geons • Phonemes • Parts of a face (eyes, nose…)
Featural Analysis Geons
Figure 2-14 A depiction of Selfridge’s (1959) Pandemonium model. Featural Analysis Letter detection
Bottom-Up Processes Featural Analysis Feature Properties • Detectors can respond at different intensities • Connections between detectors can have different strengths • It is possible to change what a detector will respond to
Bottom-Up Processes Prototype Matching
Bottom-Up Processes Prototype Matching http://www.palm.com