Title :
A custom IC for image processing and recognition
Author :
De Muelenaere, P. ; Legat, Jean-Didier ; Deleuze, P. ; Jespers, P.
Author_Institution :
Ackermans and Van Haaren NV, Antwerp, Belgium
Abstract :
A 2MHz optical character recognition chip whose architecture can support algorithms for preprocessing, binarization and feature extraction will be reported. The chip (3.9mm× 7mm) was made with 6μm NMOS technology, and contains 13000 transistors. Dissipation is 300mW.
Keywords :
Character recognition; Circuits; Clocks; Feature extraction; Hardware; Image processing; Image recognition; MOS devices; Microprocessors; Optical character recognition software;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. 1985 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1985.1156800
