System and method for image mapping and visual attention
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1. An adaptive autonomous robot comprising:
- sensors to generate signals that can be mapped to a characteristic of an environment surrounding the robot;
actuators to enable the robot to perform an action;
a camera for receiving image data from an external source;
a database for associating received image data with points on a portion of a spherical region centered on the robot;
means for performing attentional processing on individual images to identify attentional locations;
means for mapping each attentional location to a nearest point on the portion of the spherical region; and
a summer for summing activation values of the attentional locations mapped to a point.
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Abstract
A method is described for mapping dense sensory data to a Sensory Ego Sphere (SES). Methods are also described for finding and ranking areas of interest in the images that form a complete visual scene on an SES. Further, attentional processing of image data is best done by performing attentional processing on individual full-size images from the image sequence, mapping each attentional location to the nearest node, and then summing attentional locations at each node.
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5 Claims
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1. An adaptive autonomous robot comprising:
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sensors to generate signals that can be mapped to a characteristic of an environment surrounding the robot; actuators to enable the robot to perform an action; a camera for receiving image data from an external source; a database for associating received image data with points on a portion of a spherical region centered on the robot; means for performing attentional processing on individual images to identify attentional locations; means for mapping each attentional location to a nearest point on the portion of the spherical region; and a summer for summing activation values of the attentional locations mapped to a point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. In an adaptive autonomous robot comprising:
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sensors to generate signals that can be mapped to a characteristic of an environment surrounding the robot; actuators to enable the robot to perform an action; a camera for receiving image data from an external source; and a database for associating received image data with points on a portion of a spherical region centered on the robot; a method of finding and ranking areas of interest in images from the external source comprising; performing attentional processing on individual images to identify attentional locations; mapping each attentional location to a nearest point on the portion of the spherical region; and summing activation values of the attentional locations mapped to a point.
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5. An adaptive autonomous robot, comprising:
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sensors to generate signals that can be mapped to a characteristic of an environment surrounding the robot; actuators to enable the robot to perform an action; a camera to receive image data from an external source; a database to associate received image data with points on a portion of a spherical region centered on the robot; an attention agent to perform attentional processing on individual images to identify attentional locations; and a summer to sum activation values of the attentional locations mapped to a point wherein each attentional location is mapped to a nearest point on the portion of the spherical region.
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