Title :
A PCI-based custom computer for real time image processing
Author :
Lisa-Mingo, Ferran ; Carrabina, Jordi
Author_Institution :
Dept. d´´Inf., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper introduces a new PCI-based system targeted to prototyping implementations of image processing (IP) in computer vision applications with reconfigurable devices. The system is composed of an image digitizing board and a reconfigurable coprocessor with a new architecture for local memory. The paper describes the implementation of these two boards and discusses the design of a new functional programming environment. This environment is based on a library of parameterized modules implementing some of the most common operations in image processing. Two examples of these modules are overviewed and a new architecture for image convolution is presented
Keywords :
computer vision; convolution; coprocessors; functional programming; image processing equipment; peripheral interfaces; programming environments; real-time systems; special purpose computers; PCI bus; PCI-based custom computer; computer vision applications; functional programming environment; image convolution; image digitizing board; local memory architecture; parameterized module library; real time image processing; reconfigurable coprocessor; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Convolution; Coprocessors; Functional programming; Image processing; Libraries; Memory architecture; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisboa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5008-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1998.814919
