A real-time fuzzy hardware structure for disparity map computation

Journal of Real-Time Image Processing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 257-273

  Georgoulas, Christos ^a   Andreadis, Ioannis ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Color image processing; Disparity maps; FPGA hardware implementation; Fuzzy systems; Real time imaging

Indexed keywords

3D INFORMATION; COMPLEX ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION MODULES; DEPTH ESTIMATION; DISPARITY MAP; EXECUTION TIME; FPGA DEVICES; FPGA-HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION; FRAMES PER SECONDS; FUZZY HARDWARE; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; REAL TIME STEREO; REALTIME IMAGING; SOFTWARE-BASED TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEREO CAMERAS; STEREO IMAGE PAIRS; STEREO-IMAGE; VISION APPLICATIONS;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER VISION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HARDWARE; PIXELS;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 80855135523     PISSN: 18618200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11554-010-0157-6     Document Type: Article

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