A PCI-based custom computer for real time image processing

Author

Lisa-Mingo, Ferran ; Carrabina, Jordi

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Inf., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

453

Abstract

This paper introduces a new PCI-based system targeted to prototyping implementations of image processing (IP) in computer vision applications with reconfigurable devices. The system is composed of an image digitizing board and a reconfigurable coprocessor with a new architecture for local memory. The paper describes the implementation of these two boards and discusses the design of a new functional programming environment. This environment is based on a library of parameterized modules implementing some of the most common operations in image processing. Two examples of these modules are overviewed and a new architecture for image convolution is presented

Keywords

computer vision; convolution; coprocessors; functional programming; image processing equipment; peripheral interfaces; programming environments; real-time systems; special purpose computers; PCI bus; PCI-based custom computer; computer vision applications; functional programming environment; image convolution; image digitizing board; local memory architecture; parameterized module library; real time image processing; reconfigurable coprocessor; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Convolution; Coprocessors; Functional programming; Image processing; Libraries; Memory architecture; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisboa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5008-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1998.814919

Filename

814919