A neural model for stereo transparency with the population of the disparity energy models

  • Authors:
  • Osamu Watanabe

  • Affiliations:
  • Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Venue:
  • ICONIP'06 Proceedings of the 13 international conference on Neural Information Processing - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The disparity energy model can explain physiological properties of binocular neurons in early visual cortex quantitatively. Therefore, many physiologically-plausible models for binocular stereopsis employed the disparity energy model as a model neuron. These models can explain a variety of psychological data. However, most of them cannot handle with stereo transparency. Here, we develop a simple model for transparency perception with the disparity energy model, and examine the ability to detect overlapping disparities. Computer simulations showed that the model properties of transparency detection are consistent with many psychophysical findings.