Title :
Image associative memory
Author :
Cortadellas, Javier ; Amat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We present a processor that, attached to a PC main board acts as an image associative memory. The main contribution is that the operation time required to recognize an object remains constant regardless of the number of stored models. The object silhouette is used as the key image feature allowing us to recognize 2D or 3D objects from a single viewpoint. The recognition method is based on a template matching operation in order to simplify the processor architecture and to achieve a 8 objects per second recognition rate. Digital but also analog techniques have been used in the processor design. Both the architecture and the processing algorithm are presented as well as results with real images
Keywords :
content-addressable storage; object recognition; storage management chips; 2D objects; 3D objects; image associative memory; object silhouette; processor architecture; template matching operation; Associative memory; Computer architecture; Humans; Image edge detection; Image processing; Image recognition; Object recognition; Process design; Uniform resource locators; Visual system;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0750-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2000.906156
