FPGA implementation of log-polar mapping

15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-50

  Wong, Wai Kit ^a   Choo, Chee Wee ^a   Loo, Chu Kiong ^a   Teh, Joo Peng ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

FPGA implementation; Log polar mapping; Machine vision; Robotic application

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER VISION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE QUALITY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MATLAB; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ACTIVE VISION SYSTEMS; COST SAVINGS; FPGA IMPLEMENTATION; IMAGE REPRESENTATIONS; LOG-POLAR; LOG-POLAR MAPPING; MACHINE VISION; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; NEW APPROACHES; OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGES; PANORAMIC IMAGES; PROCESSING SPEED; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC APPLICATION; SAMPLING RATES; SPACE UTILIZATIONS; TRACKING PROCESS; WIDE ANGLES; XILINX FPGA;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 61949414223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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