SPARTAN project: Efficient implementation of computer vision algorithms onto reconfigurable platform targeting to space applications

6th International Workshop on Reconfigurable Communication-Centric Systems-on-Chip, ReCoSoC 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Siozios, K ^a   Diamantopoulos, D ^a   Kostavelis, I ^b   Boukas, E ^b   Nalpantidis, L ^b   Soudris, D ^a   Gasteratos, A ^b   Aviles M ^c   Anagnostopoulos, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c GMV ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer Vision Algorithms; FPGA implementation; High Performance; Low power; Space Application

Indexed keywords

CO-DESIGN METHODOLOGY; COMPUTER VISION ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; FPGA DEVICES; FPGA IMPLEMENTATION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; LOW POWER; MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; RECONFIGURABLE PLAT-FORMS; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; VISION BASED;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); SPACE APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 80052583354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ReCoSoC.2011.5981524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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