Design for CNN Templates with Performance of Global Connectivity Detection**The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 60074034, 70271068, the Foundation for University Key Teachers, and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education by the Ministry of Education of China under Grant No. 200200080004

Abstract

The cellular neural/nonlinear network (CNN) is a powerful tool for image and video signal processing, robotic and biological visions. This paper discusses a general method for designing template of the global connectivity detection (GCD) CNN, which provides parameter inequalities for determining parameter intervals for implementing the corresponding functions. The GCD CNN has stronger ability and faster rate for determining global connectivity in binary patterns than the GCD CNN proposed by Zarandy. An example for detecting the connectivity in complex patterns is given.