By Joseph Coombs and Rahul Prabhu Texas Instruments This is a reprint of a Texas Instruments-published white paper, which is also available here (365 KB PDF). Abstract In today’s advancing market, the growing performance and decreasing price of embedded processors are opening many doors for developers to design highly sophisticated solutions for different end applications. […]
By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI This article was originally published in the First Quarter 2012 issue (PDF) of the Xilinx Xcell Journal. It is reprinted here with the permission of Xilinx. A jointly developed reference design validates the potential of Xilinx’s Zynq device in a burgeoning application category. By Brian
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by Dong-Ik Ko and Gaurav Agarwal Texas Instruments This article was originally published in the December 2011 issue of Embedded Systems Programming. Gesture recognition is the first step to fully 3D interaction with computing devices. The authors outline the challenges and techniques to overcome them in embedded systems. As touchscreen technologies become more pervasive, users
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As I previously mentioned in a technical article published to the Embedded Vision Alliance site last August, the Bayer Pattern (named after Eastman Kodak's Bryce E. Bayer, its inventor) is by far the most common filter array pattern used with both CCDs and CMOS image sensors. Containing 50% green filters, 25% red filters and 25%
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By José Alvarez Video Technology Engineering Director Xilinx Corporation José Alvarez, Video Technology Engineering Director at Xilinx Corporation, follows up his premier video in this tutorial series with the discussion of a flexible ISP (image signal processing) implementation using readily available dynamic processing blocks in an FPGA.
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By Michael Tusch Founder and CEO Apical Limited This article will expand on the theme initiated in the premier article of this series, that of exploring how the pixel processing performed in cameras can either enhance or hinder the performance of embedded vision algorithms. Achieving natural or otherwise aesthetically pleasing camera images is normally considered
By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI A diversity of image sensor options are available for your consideration, differentiated both in terms of their fundamental semiconductor process foundations and of their circuit (and filter, microlens and other supplement) implementations. Understanding their respective strengths and shortcomings is critical to making an appropriate product
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by Jeff Bier Founder and President, BDTI September 29, 2011 This paper was originally published at the 2011 Embedded Systems Conference Boston. Abstract—With the emergence of increasingly capable processors, it’s becoming practical to incorporate computer vision capabilities into a wide range of embedded systems, enabling them to analyze their environments via video inputs. Products like
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By Paul Zoratti Driver Assistance Senior System Architect Automotive Division Xilinx Corporation This is a reprint of a Xilinx-published white paper which is also available here (344 KB PDF). In the last five years, the automotive industry has made remarkable advances in driver assistance (DA) systems that truly enrich the driving experience and provide drivers
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By Eric Gregori Senior Software Engineer and Embedded Vision Specialist BDTI This video training session covers some of the algorithms available in OpenCV, and is intended for programmers and non-programmers alike. You can download (and install) the BDTI OpenCV Executable Demo Package here and follow along. The examples run on various Windows operating systems and
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