Patent ID: 9014416
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06K,G06N,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An sensory processing apparatus with increased signal to noise ratio (SNR), said apparatus comprising: an array of sensing elements within a photo-sensitive circuit, said elements of said array configured to receive at least a part of a sensory input; and resistive links interconnecting individual ones of the elements within the photo-sensitive circuit so that one or more elements of said array are diffusively coupled to a plurality of nearest-neighbor elements of said array via one or more of said resistive links, said diffusive coupling between said one or more elements and another element of said plurality of nearest neighbor elements provided by the resistive link or links between said one or more elements and another element of said plurality of nearest neighbor elements is capable of causing an increased output from said one or more elements responsive to said input comprising spatially coherent stimulus, relative to output from said one or more elements responsive to said input comprising spatially randomly distributed stimulus; wherein: