Visual processing
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Visual processing is the sequence of steps that information takes as it flows from visual sensors to cognitive processing. The sensors may be zoological eyes or they may be camera
s or sensor arrays
that sense various portions of the electromagnetic spectrum
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Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
s or sensor arrays
Sensor arrays
A sensor array is a set of several sensors used to gather information. Usually the sensors and sensed phenomenon are both directional in nature, but this isn't always the case. Sometimes the data varies by position but not by direction....
that sense various portions of the electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by that particular object....
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