Title :
A Parameterized Stereo Vision Core for FPGAs
Author :
Longfield, Stephen, Jr. ; Chang, Mark L.
Author_Institution :
Franklin W. Olin Coll. of Eng., Needham, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present a parameterized stereo vision core suitable for a wide range of FPGA targets and stereo vision applications. By enabling easy tuning of algorithm parameters, our system allows for rapid exploration of the design space and simpler implementation of high-performance stereo vision systems. This implementation utilizes the census transform algorithm to calculate depth information from a pair of images delivered from a simulated stereo camera pair. This work advances our previous work through implementation improvements, a stereo camera pair simulation framework, and a scalable stereo vision core.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; image sensors; stereo image processing; transforms; census transform algorithm; field programmable gate array; parameterized stereo vision core; stereo camera pair simulation; stereo vision systems; Acceleration; Cameras; Computational modeling; Computer vision; Eyes; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Machine vision; Pixel; Stereo vision; Field programmable gate arrays; Reconfigurable computing; Stereo vision;
Conference_Titel :
Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines, 2009. FCCM '09. 17th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Napa, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3716-0
DOI :
10.1109/FCCM.2009.32