Border Figure Detection Using a Phase Oscillator Network with Dynamical Coupling英文文献资料.docVIP

HindawiPublishingCorporation MathematicalProblemsinEngineering Volume2008,ArticleID127827,8pages doi:10.1155/2008/127827 ResearchArticle BorderFigureDetectionUsingaPhaseOscillator NetworkwithDynamicalCoupling L.H.A.Monteiro,1,2I.Gonzalez,1andJ.R.C.Piqueira2 1P′osgraduac??aoemEngenharia El′etrica,EscoladeEngenharia, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, RuadaConsolac??ao896,CEP01302-907,S?aoPaulo,SP,Brazil 2Departamento deEngenharia deTelecomunicac??oeseControle,EscolaPolit′ecnica,Universidade deS?ao Paulo,Av.Prof.LucianoGualberto380,Travessa3,CEP05508-900,S?aoPaulo,SP,Brazil Correspondence shouldbeaddressedtoL.H.A.Monteiro,luizm@mackenzie.br Received13January2008;Revised17April2008;Accepted30May2008 Recommended byJerzyWarminski Oscillator networks have been developed in order to perform speci?c tasks related to image processing. Here we analytically investigate the existence of synchronism in a pair of phase oscillatorsthatareshort-rangedynamicallycoupled.Then,weusetheseanalyticalresultstodesign anetwork able ofdetecting border ofblack-and-white ?gures. Each unit composing thisnetwork isapairofsuchphaseoscillators andisassigned toapixelintheimage.Thecouplings amongthe unitsformingthenetworkarealsodynamical. Borderdetectionemergesfromthenetworkactivity. Copyrightq2008L.H.A.Monteiroetal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited. 1.Introduction Thesynchronous?ringofneuronsseemstobeimportantforaccomplishingcognitivetasks suchasattentione.g.,1,comprehensione.g.,2,coordinatione.g.,3,perceptione.g., 4, and sensory segmentation e.g., 5. Such experimental ?ndings have inspired works about image processing e.g., recognition, segmentation, symmetry detection based on the synchronism of coupled oscillators e.g., 6–11. In addition, several neural systems, such asspinalcor