Histogram-equalization-based adaptive image sensor for real-time vision

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1027-1036

  Ni, Yang ^a,b,c   Devos, Francis ^b,d   Boujrad, Mohammed ^b   Guan, Jian Hong ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^e NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^g Inst Opto Electron Equip of China   (China)

^h VLSI   (France)

Author keywords

Histogram equalization; Image sensors; Machine vision; VLSI

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE CODING; TRANSISTORS;

DOUBLE METAL SINGLE POLY PROCESS; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0031188782     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.597293     Document Type: Article

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