Three video applications using an FPGA based pyramid implementation: Tracking, Mosaics and Stabilization

In this paper we present a set of hardware modules which form the basis for three vision applications: Target Tracking, Image Stabilization and Image Mosaicking. The two main modules are: the pyramidal module and the multiresolution correlation module. They were implemented using the Handle-C language, and tested in the Celoxica RC1000 development platform, which has a Virtex-E FPGA. We show the performance statistics for tracking more than one target using the basic modules, and present results of the applications implemented based on these basic modules.