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Motion-pattern recognition apparatus

US5067160A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1989
Grant dateNov 19, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T7/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The apparatus recognizes a motion of an object which is moving and is hidden in an image signal, and discriminates the object from the background within the signal. The apparatus has an image forming unit comprising non-linear oscillators, which forms an image of the motion of the object in accordance with an adjacent-mutual-interference-rule, on the basis of the image signal. A memory unit, comprising non-linear oscillators, stores conceptualized meanings of several motions. A retrieval unit retrieves a conceptualized meaning close to the motion image of the object. An altering unit alters the rule, on the basis of the conceptualized meaning. The image forming unit, memory unit, retrieval unit and altering unit form a holonic-loop. Successive alterations of the rules by the altering unit within the holonic loop change an ambiguous image formed in the image forming unit into a distinct image.

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