Title :
A smart imager for the vision processing front-end
Author :
Takeda, Noriaki ; Homma, Mituru ; Nagata, Makoto ; Morie, Takashi ; Iwata, Atsushi
Author_Institution :
Adv. Sci. of Matter, Hiroshima Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A CMOS PWM imager which realizes block summation and 2D projection of a thresholded image, in addition to row-parallel PWM readout with gray scale, is reported. An imager including 56/spl times/56 pixels, an address signal generator, and a signal processing circuit is fabricated in a 6 mm/spl times/6 mm chip with a 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS technology.
Keywords :
CMOS image sensors; computer vision; intelligent sensors; pulse width modulation; 0.8 micron; 2D projection; 3136 pixel; 56 pixel; CMOS PWM imager; address signal generator; block summation; gray scale; row-parallel PWM readout; signal processing circuit; smart imager; thresholded image; vision processing front-end; CMOS image sensors; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Pulse generation; Pulse width modulation; Signal generators; Signal processing; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2000. Asia and South Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5973-9
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.2000.835058
