The Conformal Camera in Modeling Visual Information during Eyes Movements

The conformal camera and its related projective Fourier tra nsform that provide image representation well adapted to projective transformations and retinotopic map pings of the brain visual pathways are reviewed. The conformal camera’s non-Euclidean geometry effectiveness in intermediate-level vision is discussed, the algorithmic steps in modeling visual information during saccad i eye movements are outlined, and the research-inprogress on modeling perception during pursuit eye movemen ts is described. It is concluded that the conformal camera may provide a computational framework needed for dev eloping tools for processing visual information during the exploratory movements of the camera with a silico n retina, used in autonomous mobile robots.

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