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This study introduces a novel bionic transistor using avalanche tuning for rapid visual adaptation in machine vision systems. This breakthrough achieves microsecond-level perception, significantly outperforming human retina adaptation speeds.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Electronics
Computer Vision

Background:

Machine vision systems struggle with adapting to varying light conditions due to slow processes.
Existing bionic sensors and human retina exhibit limited adaptation speeds.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel bionic transistor for ultra-fast visual adaptation.
To enhance machine vision systems' ability to perceive images under diverse lighting.

Main Methods:

Proposed a bionic two-dimensional (2D) transistor utilizing avalanche tuning as feedforward inhibition.
Demonstrated spontaneous switching between avalanche and photoconductive effects based on light intensity.
Integrated the bionic transistor with convolutional neural networks.

Main Results:

Achieved microsecond-level visual adaptation speeds (108 μs scotopic, 268 μs photopic), over 10^4 times faster than human retina.
Exhibited a wide dynamic range of responsivity (7.6 × 10^4 to -1 × 10^3 A/W).
Enabled robust image recognition (>98% precision) in both dim and bright conditions using the adaptive machine vision system.

Conclusions:

Avalanche tuning in bionic transistors offers a pathway to ultra-fast visual adaptation.
The developed adaptive machine vision system demonstrates high precision and rapid response under challenging lighting.
This technology has the potential to significantly advance machine vision applications.