A biologically inspired CMOS image sensor

Biological systems are a source of inspiration in the development of small autonomous sensor nodes. The two major types of optical vision systems found in nature are the single aperture human eye and the compound eye of insects. The latter are among the most compact and smallest vision sensors. The...

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Author / Creator: Sarkar, Mukul.
Other Authors / Creators:Theuwissen, Albert J. P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2013]
Series:Studies in computational intelligence ; v. 461.
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Online Access:Available in Springer Engineering eBooks 2013 English/International.
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505 0 0 |t Introduction --  |t Natural and Artificial Compound Eye --  |t Design of a CMOS Image Sensor --  |t Design of a CMOS Polarization Sensor --  |t Material Classification Using CMOS Polarization Sensor --  |t Navigation Using CMOS Polarization Sensor --  |t Motion Detection and Digital Polarization --  |t Future Works. 
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