A new data processing method based on a biological model of the compound eye: direction quantization representation

Author

Qiao, Hong ; Zhang, Jiang-She ; Xu, Zong-Ben

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manuf. Eng. & Eng. Manage., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

31

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

238

Lastpage

245

Abstract

This paper presents a new data representation method called direction quantization representation (DQR) which is motivated by a simplified geometric model of biological compound eye and used in describing the shape of convex hulls of objects. Advantages of DQR include high efficiency and stability in numerical computation, convenience for semidynamic maintenance, suitability for parallel implementation, and applicability to various convex set related problems. Several practical applications are presented which show the feasibility and powerfulness of DQR

Keywords

data structures; eye; image processing; numerical stability; quantisation (signal); DQR; biological model; compound eye; convex hull shape description; convex set related problems; data processing method; data representation method; direction quantization representation; geometric model; numerical computation efficiency; numerical computation stability; semidynamic maintenance; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Biomedical optical imaging; Concurrent computing; Data analysis; Data processing; Numerical stability; Quantization; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4427

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3468.925664

Filename

925664