Title :
Versatile real-time vision based on a distributed system of personal computers
Author :
Bruno, Odemir Martinez ; da Fontoura Costa, L.
Author_Institution :
Cybern. Vision Res. Group, Sao Paulo Univ., Brazil
Abstract :
This paper reports the development of a cost-effective framework for the implementation of a versatile computer vision system, namely the Cyvis-1. Presenting a strong biological motivation, the Cyvis-1 approach is characterized by the multi-stage integration paradigm, which is inherently suitable for parallelization and representation through the OOP/GUI concepts. A model for the parallelization of this system has been developed that incorporates multitasking, distributed processors, and message interchange through channels. The implementation of each of these parallel features in IBM-PC compatible machines running under Windows 95/NT has been described. An application example of RGB image edge and line detection has been presented and assessed in terms of execution time, efficiency of hardware utilization and speed-up
Keywords :
computer vision; graphical user interfaces; object-oriented programming; Cyvis-1; IBM-PC compatible machines; OOP/GUI concepts; computer vision system; cost-effective framework; distributed processors; distributed system; hardware utilization; line detection; message interchange; multi-stage integration paradigm; multitasking; personal computers; versatile real-time vision; Biological information theory; Computer vision; Cybernetics; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; Image edge detection; Microcomputers; Multitasking; Real time systems; Visual system;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, 1997. Proceedings., Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Como
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8126-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICECCS.1997.622308
