Mixed-signal VLSI architecture for real-time computer vision

被引:9
作者
Dallaire, S
Tremblay, M
Poussart, D
机构
[1] Comp. Vision and Systems Laboratory, Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engineering, Laval University
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1006/rtim.1996.0066
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
This paper presents the architecture of a computer vision system targeted for real-time robot vision and pattern recognition applications, The proposed mixed-signal very large scale integration (VLSI) architecture integrates photo-transduction with low-and medium-level processing such as multi-resolution edge extraction, scale-space integration, edge tracking, dominant point extraction, and database generation. Its high performance stems from a custom CMOS smart image sensor providing parallel access to illuminance data and a set of parallel analog filters performing multi-resolution edge extraction, We have also developed a digital controller which manages data flow between the processing modules of the system and which constructs a database of the observed scene under the supervision of a digital signal processor (DSP) unit, This database describes relevant object contours as a linked list of linear segments and circular arcs with precomputed local and global properties. Such a token description of the scene is suitable for robot vision and pattern recognition applications, since it significantly compresses the amount of data to be processed by further high-level algorithms, Experimental results obtained with the current prototype of the system are very promising, with the complete process, from image acquisition to scene database creation, performed in less than a second. (C) 1997 Academic Press Limited.
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页码:307 / 317
页数:11
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