<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I suppose the basic idea is to create a chain of integrate-and-fire neurons.<br></div><br>Referring to the attached diagram, each neuron gets input from it's own photosensor, and from the neuron to the left of it. You will also have to make it so that the signal from the photosensor to neuron *decreases* as you move right on the chain.<br>
<br>The general idea is that movement to the right makes each neuron spike, which sends a spike to the neighboring neuron. If the inputs are timed right (which is probably the most tricky part), each successive neuron will spike more and send more input to it's neighbors. The last neuron, the readout neuron, will spike the most. You can look at the spike rate of the last neuron, and if it's high enough, then you declare movement to the right. The number of spikes of the last neuron could even be related to the velocity of the movement.<br>
<br></div><div>Movement to the left shouldn't elicit a single spike from the readout neuron.<br><br></div><div>Another option might be to build a Reichardt correlator:<br><br><a href="http://people.csail.mit.edu/rondror/Ronfiles/Research/reichardt.htm">http://people.csail.mit.edu/rondror/Ronfiles/Research/reichardt.htm</a><br>
<br></div>mike<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Christoph Maier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com" target="_blank">cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Mike Schachter<br>
<<a href="mailto:mschachter@eigenminds.com">mschachter@eigenminds.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Oh ok! Well I'd be happy to help Chris with code to do directional-selection<br>
> given data from an array of photo-sensitive inputs if that would be useful.<br>
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> �mike<br>
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> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Norman <<a href="mailto:pryankster@gmail.com">pryankster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Mike, that is exactly how a phased array works.<br>
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>> Norman<br>
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>> On 6/10/2013 5:07 PM, Mike Schachter wrote:<br>
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>> Can you just get an array of non-directional photosensors and do the<br>
>> direction-selectivity computationally on an arduino or something?<br>
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>> �mike<br>
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</div>Great!<br>
Just tell me how to put code into this kind of computer ...<br>
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