Fast Moment Generating Architectures

Image moments are used extensively in various applications. Depending on the task at hand, the type as well as the order of moments to be implemented varies greatly. Simple geometric characteristics require the first few geometrical moments, while robust image watermarking employs high-order orthogonal moments. In this paper, we present an architecture which can be easily modified to implement various types of moments, including geometric, continuous as well as discrete orthogonal, in real-time. Although this architecture is optimized for hardware, software implementation is feasible and advantageous in some cases.