Recent progress in artificial vision

Richard A. Normann

doi:10.1117/12.43979

1 June 1991 Recent progress in artificial vision

Richard A. Normann

Proceedings Volume 1423, Ophthalmic Technologies; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43979
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Previous research suggests that direct electrical stimulation of the visual cortex with an array of electrodes may be a viable means to provide a limited restoration of a lost visual sense to the profoundly blind. More recent work indicates that this goal may only be achieved by passing currents into the cortex via arrays of electrodes which penetrate into the visual cortex. An electrode array possessing a unique three dimensional architecture is described which could form the cornerstone of an 'artificial vision system'. A system for inserting such complex structures into cortical tissues is also described. Finally, estimates are made regarding the extent of visually guided task performance which may be expected from the limited, pixelized visual sense which could be produced with an artificial vision system.

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Richard A. Normann "Recent progress in artificial vision", Proc. SPIE 1423, Ophthalmic Technologies, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43979

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