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The present invention is directed to an apparatus which can acquire, readout and perceive a scene based on the insertion, or embedding of photosensitive elements into or on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate such as glass or plastic. The substrate itself may act as the optical device which

The present invention is directed to an apparatus which can acquire, readout and perceive a scene based on the insertion, or embedding of photosensitive elements into or on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate such as glass or plastic. The substrate itself may act as the optical device which deflects the photons of an incident image into the photosensitive elements. A digital neural memory can be trained to recognize patterns in the incident photons. The photosensitive elements and digital neural memory elements may be arranged with light elements controlled in accordance with the patterns detected. In one application, intelligent lighting units provide light while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting light according to such surroundings. In another application, intelligent displays display images and/or video while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting the displayed images and/or video in accordance with such surroundings.

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1. An image recognition device comprising: a sensing element embedded in or positioned on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate;a processing element coupled to said sensing element, said processing element being embedded in or positioned on the substrate and configured to perform image recogni

1. An image recognition device comprising: a sensing element embedded in or positioned on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate;a processing element coupled to said sensing element, said processing element being embedded in or positioned on the substrate and configured to perform image recognition; anda light element embedded in or positioned on the substrate;wherein said transparent or semi-transparent substrate constitutes an optical interface between an incident image to be sensed and a sensing pixel of said sensing element; andwherein the light element is configured to emit light toward the incident image or away from the incident image. 2. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the light element comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs), organic LEDs (OLEDs) or plasma cavities. 3. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the light element is controlled selectively by an output of the processing element. 4. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the processing element is trainable and configured to recognize patterns based on the sensed incident image. 5. The image recognition device of claim 4, wherein the processing element is configured to control the light emitted by the light element in accordance with the patterns recognized by the processing element. 6. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the sensing element has a field of view, and the light elements are configured to emit light in the field of view. 7. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the sensing element has a field of view, and the light elements are configured to emit light in a direction away from the field of view. 8. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein said processing element comprises a plurality of neurons coupled on an input side thereof by a multiplexed input bus and on an output side thereof by an output bus, each said neuron being taught with a knowledge, said knowledge allowing the corresponding neuron to recognize a signal and perform a decision. 9. The image recognition device recited in claim 1, wherein the processing element is configured to perform image recognition operations digitally without a software program through a plurality of parallel elements each having self contained, autonomous behavior. 10. The image recognition device of claim 1, further comprising photovoltaic devices embedded in or positioned on said substrate. 11. The image recognition device of claim 1, further comprising output transmission lines and power supply lines that are directly engraved or diffused on said substrate. 12. The image recognition device of claim 1, wherein the processing element is configured to receive power from power supply lines and to output communications using the power supply lines. 13. The image recognition device of claim 1, further comprising a transparent or semi-transparent cover layer, wherein the sensing element, the processing element and the light element are arranged between the cover layer and the substrate. 14. The image recognition device of claim 13, wherein the light element is configured to emit light through the substrate. 15. The image recognition device of claim 13, wherein light element is configured to emit light through the cover layer. 16. An image recognition method comprising: providing an optical path to a plurality of sensing elements embedded in or provided on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate by using a plurality of optical interfaces embedded in or provided on said substrate;processing, in parallel, signals generated from said plurality of sensing elements in a plurality of processing elements each coupled to one of said sensing elements and each embedded in or provided on said substrate, wherein the processing performs image recognition; andemitting light from a plurality of light elements embedded in or provided on said substrate. 17. The image recognition method of claim 16, wherein the emitting comprises controlling the light emitted from the plurality of light elements in accordance with outputs from one or more of the plurality of processing elements. 18. The image recognition method of claim 16, wherein the processing comprises recognizing patterns and the emitting comprises controlling the light emitted from the plurality of light elements in accordance with the recognized patterns. 19. The image recognition method of claim 18, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises detecting the presence of one or more objects within a field of view of said plurality of sensing elements. 20. The image recognition method of claim 19, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining distance from said substrate of the one or more detected objects. 21. The image recognition method of claim 19, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining the number of the one or more detected objects. 22. The image recognition method of claim 19, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises locating the position of the one or more detected objects. 23. The image recognition method of claim 19, wherein the controlling comprises emitting a reduced amount of light from a plurality of light elements when the presence of no objects is detected. 24. The image recognition method of claim 19, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining whether any of the one or more detected objects is an authorized object. 25. The image recognition method of claim 18, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises locating and tracking the gaze of one or more viewers within a field of view of said plurality of sensing elements. 26. The image recognition method of claim 18, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises facial recognition or facial expression recognition. 27. The image recognition method of claim 18, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises biometric identification. 28. The image recognition method of claim 16, wherein the emitting comprises displaying an image. 29. The image recognition method of claim 28, wherein the displayed image corresponds to an image received by the plurality of sensing elements. 30. The image recognition method of claim 28, wherein the processing comprises recognizing patterns and the emitting further comprises modifying the displayed image in accordance with the recognized patterns. 31. An image recognition method comprising: providing an optical path to a sensing element embedded in or positioned on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate by using an optical interface embedded in or positioned on said substrate;processing signals generated from said sensing element in a processing element coupled to said sensing element and embedded in or positioned on said substrate, wherein the processing performs image recognition; andemitting light from a light element embedded in or positioned on said substrate. 32. The image recognition method of claim 31, wherein the emitting comprises controlling the light emitted from the light element in accordance with an output from the processing element. 33. The image recognition method of claim 31, wherein the processing comprises recognizing patterns, and the emitting comprises controlling the light emitted from the plurality of light element in accordance with the recognized patterns. 34. The image recognition method of claim 33, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises detecting the presence of one or more objects within a field of view of said sensing element. 35. The image recognition method of claim 34, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining distance from said substrate of the one or more detected objects. 36. The image recognition method of claim 34, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining the number of the one or more detected objects. 37. The image recognition method of claim 34, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises locating the position of the one or more detected objects. 38. The image recognition method of claim 34, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises determining whether any of the one or more detected objects is an authorized object. 39. The image recognition method of claim 33, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises locating and tracking the gaze of one or more viewers within a field of view of the sensing element. 40. The image recognition method of claim 33, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises facial recognition or facial expression recognition. 41. The image recognition method of claim 33, wherein the recognizing patterns comprises biometric identification. 42. The image recognition method of claim 31, wherein the emitting comprises displaying an image. 43. The image recognition method of claim 42, wherein the displayed image corresponds to an image received by the sensing element. 44. The image recognition method of claim 42, wherein the processing comprises recognizing patterns and the emitting further comprises modifying the displayed image in accordance with the recognized patterns.