Reconfigurable architectures and processors for real-time video motion estimation

Journal of Real-Time Image Processing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 191-205

  Dias, Tiago ^a   Roma, Nuno ^a   Sousa, Leonel ^a   Ribeiro, Miguel ^a  

^a INESC ID   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Application specific instruction set processors; Fast search algorithms; Motion estimation; Reconfigurable devices; Video coding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSORS; FAST SEARCH ALGORITHMS; RECONFIGURABLE DEVICES;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 36949007430     PISSN: 18618200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11554-007-0049-6     Document Type: Article

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