A hardware-software co-design model for real-time 3D image computation using active laser range finders: a case study

Author

Khali, H. ; Savaria, Yvon

Author_Institution

Ajrnan Univ. Network of Sc & Tech, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

854

Abstract

Real-time 3D image computation can be slowed-down by the re-mapping process of optical positions to 3D coordinates. This re-mapping process usually includes the calculation of heavy trigonometric functions. In this paper, we introduce a hardware-software codesign model, which aims to compute a 3D image with respect to time-cost constraints. Simulation results are presented to show the speed-up achieved by the proposed model over a pure software-based implementation.

Keywords

circuit simulation; digital simulation; hardware-software codesign; image processing; image processing equipment; laser ranging; 3D coordinates; active laser range finders; hardware-software codesign model; optical positions; re-mapping process; real-time 3D image computation; simulation; software-based implementation; time-cost constraints; trigonometric functions; Cameras; Computer aided software engineering; Computer networks; Costs; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Laser modes; Optical computing; Optical design; Table lookup;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003. ICECS 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8163-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301921

Filename

1301921