Localization and Orientation in Biology and Engineering

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Problem of Orientation in Photogrammetry from the Phototheodolite to Earth Resources Satellites....Pages 3-11
Digital Array Signal Processing Methods Applied for Advanced Direction Finding Operations....Pages 12-20
Remote Sensing and Imaging with Microwave Sensors....Pages 21-27
The Application of Spread Spectrum Techniques in Satellite Orbit Determination and Navigation Systems....Pages 28-31
Passive Bearing Estimation of a Moving Sound Source Using an Adaptive Filter....Pages 32-37
Second-Order Representation of Signals....Pages 38-41
The Phonochrome — A Coherent Spectro-Temporal Representation of Sound....Pages 42-45
Directional Hearing and the Acoustical Near-Field of a Human and an Artificial Head....Pages 46-49
Determination of the Transfer Function of a Time-Varying Transfer Channel by a Correlation Method. Illustrated on Sound Propagation Through a Turbulent Medium....Pages 50-54
Redundance of Acoustic Localization....Pages 55-59
Sound Localization in the Horizontal Plane by the House Mouse ( Mus musculus )....Pages 60-62
Localization of Water Surface Waves with the Lateral Line System in the Clawed Toad ( Xenopus laevis Daudin)....Pages 63-65
Determination of Source-Distance by the Surface-Feeding Fishes Aplocheilus lineatus (Cyprinodontidae) and Pantodon buchholzi (Pantodontidae)....Pages 66-68
Determination of Stimulus Direction by the Topminnow Aplocheilus lineatus ....Pages 69-72
Mathematical Description of the Stimulus for the Lateral Line Organ....Pages 73-76
Image Sequence Analysis for Target Tracking....Pages 77-81
Detection Performance in Visual Search Tasks....Pages 82-86
Prediction of Human Pattern Discrimination....Pages 87-89
On the Application of Associative Neural Network Models to Technical Control Problems....Pages 90-93
Control of Hand-Movements Towards a Target....Pages 94-97
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
How the Primate Brain Perfoms Detection and Pursuit of Moving Visual Objects....Pages 98-104
Non-Linear Interaction of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex and Pursuit Eye Movements....Pages 105-107
How Saccadic Eye Movements Find their Target....Pages 108-111
Visual Orientation of Flies in Flight....Pages 112-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Roll-Stabilization During Flight of the Blowfly’s Head and Body by Mechanical and Visual Cues....Pages 121-134
Activation of Flight Control Muscles by Neck Reflexes in the Domestic Pigeon ( Columba livia var. domestica )....Pages 135-137
Dynamics of Groundspeed Control in Drosophila ....Pages 138-139
Control of Flight Speed by Minimization of the Apparent Ground Pattern Movement....Pages 140-142
Short-Term Integration: A Possible Mechanism in the Optomotor Reaction of Walking Crickets?....Pages 143-148
Computation of Motion and Position in the Visual System of the Fly ( Musca ). Experiments with Uniform Stimulation....Pages 149-152
On the Alignment of Movement Detectors Mediating the Landing Response in the Blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala ....Pages 153-155
The Stimulus Efficiency of Intensity Contrast, Spectral Contrast and Polarization Contrast in the Optomotorics of Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae)....Pages 156-159
A Possible Neuronal Mechanism of Velocity and Direction Detection....Pages 160-162
Optical Monitoring of Ego-Motion for Movement with Respect to a Plane Surface....Pages 163-166
Perception of Differences Between Visually and Mechanically Presented Motion Information....Pages 167-169
Paired Tread Wheels as a Tool for the Analysis of Orientation Behaviour in Arthropods....Pages 170-172
Wind Orientation in Walking Carrion Beetles ( Necrophorus humator F.) Under Closed and Open Loop Conditions....Pages 173-176
Correcting Behaviour — a Mechanism to Support Course Stability?....Pages 177-180
Acoustical Pattern Recognition in Crickets....Pages 181-185
Neural Enhancement of Directionality in Sensory Pathways of Two Arthropods, the Cricket and the Crayfish....Pages 186-191
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Homing by Systematic Search....Pages 192-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Superlaminated Torus in the Electric Fish Eigenmannia , a Multimodal Space Integrator....Pages 203-210
The Performance of Bat Sonar Systems....Pages 211-224
Short-Time Spectral Analysis of the Ultrasound Echoes of Flying Insects....Pages 225-230
Control of Echolocation Pulses in the CF-FM-Bat Rhinolophus rouxi : Neurophysiological Investigations of the Function of the Brain Stem Motor Nucleus Innervating the Larynx: the Nucleus Ambiguus....Pages 231-233
Echolocation as Seen from the Viewpoint of Radar/Sonar Theory....Pages 234-244
Remarks on Recent Developments in Inverse Scattering Theory....Pages 245-250
Signal Extraction and Target Detection for Localization by Radar....Pages 251-255
Environment and Factors Influencing Optimum Multi-Radar Processing in Air Traffic Control....Pages 256-261
Collision Avoidance in Air Traffic — Conflict Detection and Resolution....Pages 262-269
A Ship Encounter — Collision Model....Pages 270-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Pacific Systems of Trade and Navigation....Pages 277-293
Interplanetary Navigation: An Overview....Pages 294-305
Image-Supported Navigation....Pages 306-313
Range Measuring Techniques in Aviation....Pages 314-319
The Geometrical Characteristics of the Navigation Satellite Systems....Pages 320-324
Elements of Bird Navigation....Pages 325-336
The Development of the Navigational System in Young Homing Pigeons....Pages 337-343
The Homing Behavior of Pigeons Raised in a Reversed Magnetic Field....Pages 344-347
The Magnetic Compass as an Independent Alternative to the Sun Compass in the Homing Performance of Young Pigeons....Pages 348-350
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Typical Migratory Birds: Endogenously Programmed Animals....Pages 351-356
The Influence of the Earth Magnetic Field to the Migratory Behaviour of Pied Flycatchers ( Ficedula hypoleuca PALLAS)....Pages 357-359
Migratory Birds: Path-Finding Using Madar? (Magnetic Detection and Ranging)....Pages 360-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-371