Multi-View Technique For 3-D Robotic Object Recognition System Using Neuro-Fuzzy Method.

The recognition of objects is one of the most challenging goals in robotic vision system. The problems increase when the process of recognition involves three dimensional (3-D) objects

A survey of visual preprocessing and shape representation techniques

Many recent theories and methods proposed for visual preprocessing and shape representation are summarized. The survey brings together research from the fields of biology, psychology, computer science, electrical engineering, and most recently, neural networks. It was motivated by the need to preprocess images for a sparse distributed memory (SDM), but the techniques presented may also prove useful for applying other associative memories to visual pattern recognition. The material of this survey is divided into three sections: an overview of biological visual processing; methods of preprocessing (extracting parts of shape, texture, motion, and depth); and shape representation and recognition (form invariance, primitives and structural descriptions, and theories of attention)

Méthodes géométriques pour la mémoire et l'apprentissage

This thesis is devoted to geometric methods in optimization, learning and neural networks. In many problems of (supervised and unsupervised) learning, pattern recognition, and clustering there is a need to take into account the internal (intrinsic) structure of the underlying space, which is not necessary Euclidean. For Riemannian manifolds we construct computational algorithms for Newton method, conjugate-gradient methods, and some non-smooth optimization methods like the r-algorithm. For this purpose we develop methods for geodesic calculation in submanifolds based on Hamilton equations and symplectic integration. Then we construct a new type of neural associative memory capable of unsupervised learning and clustering. Its learning is based on generalized averaging over Grassmann manifolds. Further extension of this memory involves implicit space transformation and kernel machines. Also we consider geometric algorithms for signal processing and adaptive filtering. Proposed methods are tested for academic examples as well as real-life problems of image recognition and signal processing. Application of proposed neural networks is demonstrated for a complete real-life project of chemical image recognition (electronic nose).Cette these est consacree aux methodes geometriques dans l'optimisation, l'apprentissage et les reseaux neuronaux. Dans beaucoup de problemes de l'apprentissage (supervises et non supervises), de la reconnaissance des formes, et du groupage, il y a un besoin de tenir en compte de la structure interne (intrinseque) de l'espace fondamental, qui n'est pas toujours euclidien. Pour les varietes Riemanniennes nous construisons des algorithmes pour la methode de Newton, les methodes de gradients conjugues, et certaines methodes non-lisses d'optimisation comme r-algorithme. A cette fin nous developpons des methodes pour le calcul des geodesiques dans les sous-varietes bases sur des equations de Hamilton et l'integration symplectique. Apres nous construisons un nouveau type avec de la memoire associative neuronale capable de l'apprentissage non supervise et du groupage (clustering). Son apprentissage est base sur moyennage generalise dans les varietes de Grassmann. Future extension de cette memoire implique les machines a noyaux et transformations de l'espace implicites. Aussi nous considerons des algorithmes geometriques pour le traitement des signaux et le filtrage adaptatif. Les methodes proposees sont testees avec des exemples standard et avec des problemes reels de reconnaissance des images et du traitement des signaux. L'application des reseaux neurologiques proposes est demontree pour un projet reel complet de la reconnaissance des images chimiques (nez electronique)