ASIC Architecture to Determine Object Centroids from Gray-Scale Images Using Marching Pixels

Reichenbach M, Fey D, Loos A (2011)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Edited Volumes: Communications in Computer and Information Science

City/Town: Heidelberg

Book Volume: 154

Pages Range: 234-249

Edition: 1

Conference Proceedings Title: Advances in Wireless, Mobile Networks and Applications

Event location: Dubai

ISBN: 978-3-642-21152-2

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21153-9_22

Abstract

The paper presents a SIMD architecture to determine centroids of objects in binary and gray-scale images applying the Marching Pixels paradigm. The introduced algorithm has emergent and self- organizing properties. A short mathematic derivation of the system behavior is given. We show that a behavior describing the computation of object centroids in gray-scale images is easily derived from those of the binary case. After the architecture of a single calculation unit has been described we address a hierarchical three-step design strategy to generate the full ASIC layout, which is able to analyze binary images with a resolution of 64×64 pixels. Finally the latencies to determine the object centroids are compared with those of a software solution running on a common medium performance DSP platform. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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APA:

Reichenbach, M., Fey, D., & Loos, A. (2011). ASIC Architecture to Determine Object Centroids from Gray-Scale Images Using Marching Pixels. In Advances in Wireless, Mobile Networks and Applications (pp. 234-249). Dubai: Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

MLA:

Reichenbach, Marc, Dietmar Fey, and Andreas Loos. "ASIC Architecture to Determine Object Centroids from Gray-Scale Images Using Marching Pixels." Proceedings of the International Conferences, WiMoA 2011 and ICCSEA 2011, Dubai Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2011. 234-249.

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