An Integrated Understanding Benchmar: Recognition of a 2 1/2 D MOBILE

THIS BENCHMARK IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF DARPA-SPONSORED EFFORTS TO EVALUATE THE MERITS OF VARIOUS PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES AS APPLIED TO IMAGE UNDERSTANDING. THE FIRST BENCHMARK EXERCISE CONSIDERED ONLY EXECUTION TIMES FOR A SET OF ISOLATED VISION-RELATED TASKS. THIS SECOND BENCHMARK EXERCISE ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ON AN INTEGRATED SET OF TASKS WHERE THE TASK INTERACTIONS THAT ARE TYPICAL OF COMPLEX VISION APPLI- CATIONS ARE PRESENT. THE GOAL OF THIS EXERCISE IS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDER- STANDING OF VISION ARCHITECTURE REQUIREMENTS, THAT CAN BE USED TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF VISION ARCHITECTURES.