of a pre-processing reducing the number of channels used 
as input for FAST Vision before applying FAST Vision 
has to be examined. This pre-processing should be able 
to extract the maximum information of all channels of a 
picture on one hand and reduce the number of channels 
used as input for FAST Vision on the other. The results 
of the experiments shown in this paper indicate that this 
will be possible in many cases. 
Acknowledgement 
This research work was supported by Deutsche 
Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 
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