A VLSI-architecture for parallel non-linear diffusion with applications in vision

Gijbels, T; Six, P; Van Gool, Luc; Catthoor, Francky; De Man, Hugo; Oosterlinck, André; Rabaey J., Chau P and Eldon J

A VLSI-architecture for parallel non-linear diffusion with applications in vision

Author:

Gijbels, T

Six, P ; Van Gool, Luc ; Catthoor, Francky ; De Man, Hugo ; Oosterlinck, André ; Rabaey J., Chau P and Eldon J

Keywords:

PSI_VISICS

Abstract:

Recently, non-linear diffusion processes have been introduced to improve the performance of front-end vision. Their real-time implementation is extremely demanding on the hardware. An efficient and realistic realization needs an application-specific parallel architecture mapped onto a customised IC. An efficient parameterizable VLSI-architecture of a processor element used in a flexible linear array is introduced.