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The idea that a sparse representation is the computational principle of visual systems has been supported by Olshausen and Field [Nature (1996) 381: 607–609] and many other studies. On the other hand neurons in the inferotemporal cortex respond to moderately complex features called icon alphabets, and such neurons respond invariantly to the stimulus position. To incorporate this property into sparse representation, an algorithm is proposed that trains basis functions using sparse representations with shift invariance. Shift invariance means that basis functions are allowed to move on image data and that coefficients are equipped with shift invariance. The algorithm is applied to natural images. It is ascertained that moderately complex graphical features emerge that are not as simple as Gabor filters and not as complex as real objects. Shift invariance and moderately complex features correspond to the property of icon alphabets. The results show that there is another connection between visual information processing and sparse representations.
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Received: 3 November 1999 / Accepted in revised form: 17 February 2000
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Hashimoto, W., Kurata, K. Properties of basis functions generated by shift invariant sparse representations of natural images. Biol Cybern 83, 111–118 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004220000149
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