Visual representation of spatiotemporal structure

Kerstin Schill; Christoph Zetzsche; Wilfried Brauer; A. Eisenkolb; A. Musto

doi:10.1117/12.320104

17 July 1998 Visual representation of spatiotemporal structure

Kerstin Schill, Christoph Zetzsche, Wilfried Brauer, A. Eisenkolb, A. Musto

Proceedings Volume 3299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.320104
Event: Photonics West '98 Electronic Imaging, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The processing and representation of motion information is addressed from an integrated perspective comprising low- level signal processing properties as well as higher-level cognitive aspects. For the low-level processing of motion information we argue that a fundamental requirement is the existence of a spatio-temporal memory. Its key feature, the provision of an orthogonal relation between external time and its internal representation, is achieved by a mapping of temporal structure into a locally distributed activity distribution accessible in parallel by higher-level processing stages. This leads to a reinterpretation of the classical concept of `iconic memory' and resolves inconsistencies on ultra-short-time processing and visual masking. The spatial-temporal memory is further investigated by experiments on the perception of spatio-temporal patterns. Results on the direction discrimination of motion paths provide evidence that information about direction and location are not processed and represented independent of each other. This suggests a unified representation on an early level, in the sense that motion information is internally available in form of a spatio-temporal compound. For the higher-level representation we have developed a formal framework for the qualitative description of courses of motion that may occur with moving objects.

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Kerstin Schill, Christoph Zetzsche, Wilfried Brauer, A. Eisenkolb, and A. Musto "Visual representation of spatiotemporal structure", Proc. SPIE 3299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging III, (17 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.320104

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