Computational sensors - Vision VLSI

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E82-D, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 580-588

  Aizawa, Kiyoharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMOS sensor; Computational sensor; Image processing system; Intelligent sensor; Silicon retina; Smart sensor; Vision chip; Vision system; Visual information processing system

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE QUALITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

COMPUTATIONAL SENSORS; INTELLIGENT SENSOR; PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTATIONAL SENSORS; SMART SENSOR; VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0033350173     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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