Vision, Instruction, and Action

Title: en_US Vision, Instruction, and Action
Creator: en_US Chapman, David
Date: 2004-10-20T19:58:10Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T19:58:10Z
Date Issued: en_US 1990-04-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-1204
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6819
Abstract: en_US This thesis describes Sonja, a system which uses instructions in the course of visually-guided activity. The thesis explores an integration of research in vision, activity, and natural language pragmatics. Sonja's visual system demonstrates the use of several intermediate visual processes, particularly visual search and routines, previously proposed on psychophysical grounds. The computations Sonja performs are compatible with the constraints imposed by neuroscientifically plausible hardware. Although Sonja can operate autonomously, it can also make flexible use of instructions provided by a human advisor. The system grounds its understanding of these instructions in perception and action.
Extent: en_US 244 p.; 9076736 bytes; 13802270 bytes
Format: application/postscript; application/pdf
Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-1204
Subject: en_US visual attention; en_US visual search; en_US visual routines; en_US activity; en_US sinstruction use; en_US reference