To provide a method that includes receiving unprocessed image data corresponding to a series of unprocessed images, and processing the unprocessed image data by an encoder of a processor to generate encoded data.SOLUTION: The encoder is characterized by an input/output transformation that substantially mimics the input/output transformation of at least one retinal cell of a vertebrate retina. The method also includes processing the encoded data to generate dimension reduced encoded data by applying a dimension reduction algorithm to the encoded data. The dimension reduction algorithm is configured to compress an amount of information contained in the encoded data. An apparatus and system usable with such a method are also described.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
MACHINE VISION WITH DIMENSIONAL DATA REDUCTION