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International Joint Conference on Neural Networks – IJCNN 2009. Chaotic Phase Synchronization for Visual Selection. Fabricio A. Breve¹ fabricio@icmc.usp.br Liang Zhao¹ zhao@icmc.usp.br Marcos G. Quiles¹ quiles@icmc.usp.br Elbert E. N. Macau² elbert@lac.inpe.br.
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InternationalJointConferenceon Neural Networks – IJCNN 2009 Chaotic Phase Synchronization for Visual Selection Fabricio A. Breve¹fabricio@icmc.usp.br LiangZhao¹zhao@icmc.usp.br Marcos G. Quiles¹ quiles@icmc.usp.br Elbert E. N. Macau² elbert@lac.inpe.br ¹ Departmentof Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Universityof São Paulo, São Carlos-SP, Brazil ² NationalInstitute for SpaceResearch, São José dos Campos-SP, Brazil
Outline • Visual Selection • Chaotic Phase Synchronization • Model Description • Computer Simulations • Artificial images • Real-world images • Conclusions
Visual Selection [FRI01, KIM07, BUI06, NIE94, SHI07, TSO92, ITT01, CAR04] • Capacitydevelopedby living systems to select just relevant environmental information • Identifies the region of the visual input that will reach awareness level (focus of attention) while irrelevant information is suppressed
ChaoticPhaseSynchronization as [PIK01, ROS96] Two oscillators are called phase synchronized if their phase difference is kept bounded while their amplitudes may be completely uncorrelated
ChaoticPhaseSynchronization TwocoupledRössleroscillators: [ROS96, OSI97]
ModelDescription Two dimensional network ofRösslerOscillators:
ModelDescription • Oscillatorswhichcorresponds to pixels with: • highercontrast • Negativecouplingstrengthtends to zero • Theywillbesynchronized in phase • lowercontrast • Negativecouplingstrength is higher • Theywillrepeleachother. • After some time, onlytheoscillatorscorresponding to thesalientobjectwillremainwiththeirtrajectoriessynchronized in phasewhiletheotherobjectswillhavetrajectorieswithdifferentphases.
Computer Simulations ARTIFICIAL IMAGES
ComputerSimulations Real-world images
Conclusions • The proposed model can be applied to object selection • Chaotic Phase Synchronization • Used to discriminate the salient object from the visual input while keeping the non-salient, or less salient, objects unsynchronized • Main Advantages: • Robustness • Requires small coupling strength • Biological inspiration • Observed in nonidentical systems • Believed to be the key mechanism for neural integration in brain[VAR01]
Acknowledgements • This work was supported by the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Brazilian National Council of Technological and ScientificDevelopment (CNPq)
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InternationalJointConferenceon Neural Networks – IJCNN 2009 Chaotic Phase Synchronization for Visual Selection Fabricio A. Breve¹fabricio@icmc.usp.br LiangZhao¹zhao@icmc.usp.br Marcos G. Quiles¹ quiles@icmc.usp.br Elbert E. N. Macau² elbert@lac.inpe.br ¹ Departmentof Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Universityof São Paulo, São Carlos-SP, Brazil ² NationalInstitute for SpaceResearch, São José dos Campos-SP, Brazil