Do you think that the input (x[n]) is time reversed?

Do you think everything in the image is clear and correct? Is it easy to
understand what you have to multiply and add together? (y[0]=..., y[1]=...,
etc) What would happen if you change 'Y[3]' to 'X[1]h[2] + X[2]h[1] +
X[3]h[0]'?

On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:11:19 -0700, kevin wrote:

>> On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:08:43 -0500, laurito wrote: How would you
>> interpretate this image about LTI systems and convolution?:
>> [img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]
> 
> I'm not sure I'd like to see it shown that way for 2 or 3 dimensions. It
> might start to look like a Jackson Pollock painting.  And the term LTI
> won't be applicable for some image/physics/other problems.

<< snip >>

I don't like the term "LTI" for sampled systems at any rate.  I prefer 
"linear shift invariant" -- it helps newbies remember that they're in 
sampled time, and it helps to prevent them from starting to think of a 
sampled-time system as time invariant.

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On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:11:19 -0700, kevin wrote:

>> On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:08:43 -0500, laurito wrote: How would you
>> interpretate this image about LTI systems and convolution?:
>> [img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]
> 
> I'm not sure I'd like to see it shown that way for 2 or 3 dimensions. It
> might start to look like a Jackson Pollock painting.  And the term LTI
> won't be applicable for some image/physics/other problems.
> 
> Contrast the 'no flipping' (ie: 'no time reversal') approach to the Wiki
> article, where the flipping concept is used (eg: 'Visual explanations of
> convolution'):
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution
> 
> As usual, the answer to: “which way is best?” probably depends on who
> you're trying to teach, and what you want them to learn.  I've often
> used hardware shift register/multiply/add descriptions when describing
> convolution/correlation, but that may not be the best way for some
> people to learn.

Oh!  Convolution!  Flipping!  (Sound of forehead smacking).

Now that I understand the point of the picture, yes, it would be 
confusing for multi-dimensional images.

But it does get the point across about how convolution "really" works in 
the time domain -- the whole "flip and sum" thing is really just a 
mathematical convenience for finding the value of the convolved sequences 
at a single point.

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On Apr 9, 4:08&#4294967295;pm, "laurito" <94889@dsprelated> wrote:
> How would you interpretate this image about LTI systems and convolution?:
> [img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]

From the definition of Linear Time Invariant system, this makes the
most sense to me. An input sequence consists of a sequence discrete
impulses. Each weighted input impulse produces a corresponding
weighted impulse response. The final output is the sum of these output
responses.

The advantage of calculating the output this way is it gives you all
the output samples i.e. for y(1), y(2), ... y(n).

When you want to calculate a specific output sample i.e. y(3), then
idea of using the flipped impulse response comes into play.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:08:43 -0500, laurito wrote:
> How would you interpretate this image about LTI systems and
> convolution?: [img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]

I'm not sure I'd like to see it shown that way for 2 or 3 dimensions.
It might start to look like a Jackson Pollock painting.  And the term
LTI won't be applicable for some image/physics/other problems.

Contrast the 'no flipping' (ie: 'no time reversal') approach to the
Wiki article, where the flipping concept is used (eg: 'Visual
explanations of convolution'):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution

As usual, the answer to: �which way is best?� probably depends on who
you're trying to teach, and what you want them to learn.  I've often
used hardware shift register/multiply/add descriptions when describing
convolution/correlation, but that may not be the best way for some
people to learn.

Kevin

On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:08:43 -0500, laurito wrote:

> How would you interpretate this image about LTI systems and
> convolution?: [img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]

It looks like a fair representation of a system responding to a signal, 
unless "flipping" is a bowlderized swear word, in which case there _is 
flipping too_ an impulse response.

(However, I assume that "flipping impulse response" means "an impulse 
response that does not change sign").

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How would you interpretate this image about LTI systems and convolution?:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JAlHsYs.jpg[/img]