Title :
Multiresolution sensors with adaptive structure
Author :
Camacho, Pelegrín ; Arrebola, Fabián ; Sandoval, Francisco
Author_Institution :
ETS, Malaga Univ., Spain
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
This paper describes the architecture of adaptive space-variant sensors with Cartesian topologies. Besides their multiresolution output, reconfigurable sensors can be upgraded to generate additional data to be processed at higher level modules of the vision systems, making it possible to unload the processing stages of certain tasks, without penalty in time or significant addition of hardware. A synthesizable implementation of these sensors, based on off-the-shelf FPGAs and CCD cameras is also described
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; field programmable gate arrays; CCD cameras; Cartesian topologies; adaptive fovea sensors; adaptive space-variant sensors; bounding-box extractor; labeller implementation; mobiles detection; multiresolution output; multiresolution sensors; off-the-shelf FPGA; reconfigurable sensors; regions labelling algorithm; vision systems; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Field programmable gate arrays; Image resolution; Machine vision; Mechanical sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Spatial resolution; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.724279