NDLI: Biased Competition in Visual Processing Hierarchies: A Learning Approach Using Multiple Cues

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Author	Gepperth, Alexander R. T. Rebhan, Sven Hasler, Stephan Fritsch, Jannik
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	In this contribution, we present a large-scale hierarchical system for object detection fusing bottom-up (signal-driven) processing results with top-down (model or task-driven) attentional modulation. Specifically, we focus on the question of how the autonomous learning of invariant models can be embedded into a performing system and how such models can be used to define object-specific attentional modulation signals. Our system implements bi-directional data flow in a processing hierarchy. The bottom-up data flow proceeds from a preprocessing level to the hypothesis level where object hypotheses created by exhaustive object detection algorithms are represented in a roughly retinotopic way. A competitive selection mechanism is used to determine the most confident hypotheses, which are used on the system level to train multimodal models that link object identity to invariant hypothesis properties. The top-down data flow originates at the system level, where the trained multimodal models are used to obtain space- and feature-based attentional modulation signals, providing biases for the competitive selection process at the hypothesis level. This results in object-specific hypothesis facilitation/suppression in certain image regions which we show to be applicable to different object detection mechanisms. In order to demonstrate the benefits of this approach, we apply the system to the detection of cars in a variety of challenging traffic videos. Evaluating our approach on a publicly available dataset containing approximately 3,500 annotated video images from more than 1 h of driving, we can show strong increases in performance and generalization when compared to object detection in isolation. Furthermore, we compare our results to a late hypothesis rejection approach, showing that early coupling of top-down and bottom-up information is a favorable approach especially when processing resources are constrained.
Starting Page	146
Ending Page	166
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18669956
Journal	Cognitive Computation
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18669964
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-01-19
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Object detection Statistical Learning Visual attention Neurosciences Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Computational Biology/Bioinformatics Computation by Abstract Devices
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cognitive Neuroscience Computer Science Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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