FPGA implementation of the ray tracing algorithm used in the XPATCH software

Author

Sundararajan, Prasanna ; Niamat, Mohammed Y.

Author_Institution

Xilinx Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

446

Abstract

Ray tracing is one of the most popular and powerful image synthesis technique for creating photo-realistic images. In this research, we focus on the time critical application of ray tracing in the XPATCH software for high-resolution radar simulation and detection. Of particular interest to us is the ray/box intersection algorithm employed in the XPATCH ray tracer for achieving faster execution time. The ray/box algorithm is used to determine whether a ray hits or misses the target enclosed in a rectangular bounded volume

Keywords

engineering graphics; field programmable gate arrays; radar computing; radar imaging; ray tracing; realistic images; software packages; synthetic aperture radar; FPGA implementation; SAR image generation; XPATCH ray tracer; XPATCH software; high-resolution radar detection; high-resolution radar simulation; image synthesis technique; photo-realistic images; ray/box intersection algorithm; rectangular bounded volume; synthetic aperture radar images; time critical application; Circuits; Computational modeling; Field programmable gate arrays; H infinity control; Hardware; Image generation; Radar imaging; Ray tracing; Slabs; Software algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2001. MWSCAS 2001. Proceedings of the 44th IEEE 2001 Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7150-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2001.986208

Filename

986208