A self-learning visual pattern explorer and recognizer using a higher order neural network

A proposal by M. B. Reid et al. (1989) to improve the efficiency of higher-order neural networks was built into a pattern recognition system that autonomously learns to categorize and recognize patterns independently of their position in an input image. It does this by combining higher-order with first-order networks and the mechanisms known from ART. Its recognition is based on a 16×16 pixel input which contains a section of the image found by a separate centering mechanism. With this system position invariant recognition can be implemented efficiently, while combining all the advantages of the subsystems