A highly reconfigurable neighborhood image processor based on functional programming

Author

Leite, Neucimar J. ; de Barros, Marcelo A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

13-16 Nov 1994

Firstpage

659

Abstract

A special purpose cellular processor, based on the functional programming approach, is proposed for image processing applications. The basic data flow graph of the processor is defined according to the data structure of a class of nonlinear filters very useful in image processing. The cells of the processor are quite simple and support a certain degree of programmability that allows, for instance, a logical reconfiguration of the network. This flexibility contributes to the execution of a multitude of standard low-level image processing algorithms on the same basic structure

Keywords

VLSI; cellular arrays; data flow graphs; digital filters; digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; functional programming; image processing; image processing equipment; nonlinear filters; parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; data flow graph; data structure; functional programming; logical reconfiguration; nonlinear filters; programmability; reconfigurable neighborhood image processor; special purpose cellular processor; standard low-level image processing algorithms; Application software; Computer science; Electronic mail; Flow graphs; Functional programming; Hardware; Image processing; Lead; Nonlinear filters; Pixel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 1994. Proceedings. ICIP-94., IEEE International Conference

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.1994.413807

Filename

413807