Title :
Neuromorphic Vision Systems for Mobile Applications
Author :
Etienne-Cummings, Ralph ; Mehta, Swati ; Philipp, Ralf ; Gruev, Viktor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
Neuromorphic vision systems are ideal for mobile applications because they promise compact computational sensing at lower power consumption compared to the traditional imager/ADC/CPU systems. These properties are particularly important for unmanned aerial vehicles. We present current-mode low noise imaging, which is typically difficult to realize, and computation-on-readout imaging processing for stereopsis and motion estimation. We discuss how these processed images can be used for guiding and controlling an autonomous aerial vehicle
Keywords :
aircraft control; image processing; image sensors; motion estimation; remotely operated vehicles; visual perception; computation-on-readout; current-mode low noise imaging; imaging processing; motion estimation; neuromorphic vision systems; unmanned aerial vehicles; Circuits; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Image processing; Machine vision; Navigation; Neuromorphics; Pixel; Sensor arrays; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2006. CICC '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0075-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0076-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2006.320906
