Title :
The development of an outline image processor
Author :
Kurono, Shigeru ; Aramaki, Shigeto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
In research for robotics, one usually needs a high-speed, low-cost, and easy-to-use visual sensor which can be used to control a robot in real time. The authors have developed an “outline image processor” which is controlled by an 8 bit microprocessor Z80 and is able to take the coordinates (x, y) of the outline of objects into the memory. Moreover, the processor is able to compute the characteristic sizes and direction of the objects and transmit them to the host computer
Keywords :
computer vision; image processing equipment; real-time systems; robots; 8 bit microprocessor Z80; characteristic sizes; outline image processor; real time; robotics; visual sensor; Clocks; Fires; Image converters; Image processing; Microprocessors; Robot control; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Signal processing; TV;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation, 1993. Proceedings of the IECON '93., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0891-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1993.339427
