Artificial visual orientation map implemented as
inhomogeneous active resistor mesh.

Luigi Raffo, Silvio P. Sabatini, Daniele D. Caviglia and Giacomo M. Bisio
DIBE - University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, ITALY

Active resistor meshes, characterized by a not homogeneous anisotropic
pattern of local interconnections, present node voltage responses to current
impulses at the nodes that emulate efficiently signal processing functionalities
of visual cortex neurons, organized into orientation maps. Experiments with
artificial and natural textured images validated the approach.