@inproceedings { AM07_FWS, author = { Zaheer Aziz and B{"a}rbel Mertsching }, title = { Region-Based Top-Down Visual Attention Through Fine Grain Color Map }, month = { October }, year = { 2007 }, booktitle = { Workshop Farbbildverarbeitung (FWS 2007) }, pages = { 83 -- 92 }, abstract = { This paper is related to the top-down pathway of task driven attention using the behavior of visual search. Recent experiments on psychophyisics propose the fine-grain nature of top-down pathway. We present an attention model based upon this concept and investigate its ability to perform attention-oriented visual search in complex as well as structured visual input. The component related to the top-down color saliency map with a memory-based inhibition mechanism is explained here. Results of the model show success of the technique in terms of functionality, efficiency, and robustness. } }