Improved motion detection method using spot localization - biomed 2011

The common house fly may be able to process certain features of images much faster than that of typical human vision. A computer model as well as a hardware model has been developed to simulate parts of the fly eye. One particular area of study in the software model has been motion detection. A new method is being developed that focuses on spot localization before motion detection. Models have been developed that can localize a spot in cylindrical coordinates with respect to the center receptor. Relative motion can be detected by analyzing the changes in the location of the spots. The advantage of this method is that it requires almost no memory. By reducing the memory required, faster frame rates can be achieved. Motion detection and spot localization will serve as the foundation for additional processing for segmentation and object recognition.