A flexible runtime system for image processing in a distributed computational environment for an unmanned aerial vehicle

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 763-780

  Nordberg, Klas ^a   Doherty, Patrick ^a   Forssén, Per Erik ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^a   Andersson, Per ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomous systems; Data flow graphs; Image processing; Reconfigurability; Runtime system for image processing; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA TRANSFER; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; DATA FLOW GRAPHS; RECONFIGURABILITY; RUNTIME SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33748541029     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001406004867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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