Low-Cost Real-Time 2-D Motion Detection Based on Reconfigurable Computing

Author

Papadimitriou, Kyprianos ; Dollas, Apostolos ; Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Tech. Univ. Crete, Chania

Volume

55

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2234

Lastpage

2243

Abstract

This paper presents a method for real-time hand motion detection in two-dimensional (2-D) space. A new input device for kinetically challenged persons that uses this method is presented. The device consists of a solid-state accelerometer that senses 2-D motion, a microcontroller that samples the data in real time, and an embedded field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device that distinguishes the types of motion from programmable motion vocabularies. The system has a quadratic capability O(n²) in detecting motions, while the hardware used has a linear-complexity O(n). The motion-detection computational model is presented, along with experimental results. The system adaptation to individual requirements and the cost versus quality tradeoff can be addressed through reconfiguration

Keywords

accelerometers; field programmable gate arrays; microcontrollers; motion estimation; reconfigurable architectures; embedded field programmable gate array; kinetically challenged persons; microcontroller; programmable motion vocabularies; real time 2D hand motion detection; reconfigurable computing; solid state accelerometer; Accelerometers; Computational modeling; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Motion detection; Solid state circuits; Two dimensional displays; Vocabulary; Acceleration; kinetically challenged; real time; reconfigurable embedded system; two-dimensional (2-D) motion detection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2006.884280

Filename

4014725