Optical flow in a smart sensor based on hybrid analog-digital architecture

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2975-2994

  Guzmán, Pablo ^a   Díaz, Javier ^a   Agís, Rodrigo ^a   Ros, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Focal plane; Intelligent sensors; Machine vision; Motion; Optical flow

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; FOCAL PLANE; FOCAL-PLANE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; MOTION; OPTICAL FLOW COMPUTATION; OPTICAL FLOW ESTIMATION; REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER VISION; FOCUSING; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; SMART SENSORS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77951718554     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100402975     Document Type: Article

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