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A Computational Model for Perception of Two-dimensional Pattern Velocities Eero P. Simoncelli The Media Laboratory EECS Department, MIT David J. Heeger NASA-Ames Research Center Psychology Department, Stanford University Outline
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Outline
- Computational model: Bayesian velocity estimator
- Simple two-stage model implementation
- Model response to plaid stimuli
- Comparison to psychophysical data:
- Ferrera & Wilson, 1990, 1991
- Stone, Watson, Mulligan, 1990
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- Gradient measurement equation, with noise model:
Ix (v - n1)+ It + n2 = 0
- Prior probability distribution on velocity:
P(v) ~ N(0, σv2)
- Bayes' rule gives probability distribution on velocity:
Bayesian Velocity Estimator (σe2 +Ix2) (Ix v + It)2 σv2 v2 log P(v | I) ∝
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+ Implementation: Stage 1
- Linear filtering, using spatio-
temporally oriented operators
- Energy computation (squaring)
- Divisive normalization, with semi-
saturation parameter, σe
- Outputs are spatio-temporally
tuned ÷ ÷
- σe2
. . . . . .
Input: image intensities
. . .
Output: normalized "energy"
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Implementation: Stage 2
- Weighted summation of stage 1
energies over space, frequency bands
- Some of the summations include
prior variance parameter, σv
- Outputs are velocity tuned
+ + σv-2
Input: spatio-temporal energies
. . .
- Output: "velocity"
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Grating Examples
Vx Vy
stimulus idealization model
Vy Vx Vx Vy Vx Vy
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Plaids: Effect of Relative Contrast
Vx Vy
stimulus idealization model
Vy Vx Vx Vy Vx Vy
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4 3 2 1
- 5
5 10 15 20
Model
Log Contrast Ratio
4 3 2 1
- 5
5 10 15 20
5% 10% 20% 40% Total Contrast
Subject
Log Contrast Ratio Perceived Direction Bias (degrees)
Stone et al. 1990
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Plaids: Effect of Grating Angles
Vx Vy
stimulus idealization model
Vy Vx Vx Vy Vx Vy
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Sym m etr i c I Asym m etr i c I Type I I 2 4 6 8
subject model
Ferrera & Wilson, 1990
Plaid Type Perceived Direction Bias (degrees)
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90 60 30 0. 2 0. 4 0. 6 0. 8 1.
subject2 cosine model
Ferrera & Wilson, 1991
Plaid angle (degrees) Perceived Speed (relative to IOC)
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Summary of Model
- Derived as a Bayesian estimator
- Starting from image intensities, computes response of
a population of velocity-tuned units
- Implemented in two simple stages of computation
- Velocity estimates are consistent with psychophysics
- f plaid perception
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y t x Example Receptive Field x
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