Vision Chips

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction and Background

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 1-5

   3. Computer Vision for Analog VLSI

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 7-22

   4. Analog VLSI for Computer Vision

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 23-44

3. Synthesis of Vision Algorithms

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Vision Chips Architectures

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 49-63

   3. Building Blocks for Vision Chips

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      Pages 65-100

   4. Testing vision chips

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 101-107

   5. Other Design Issues

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4. Vision Sensors

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Spatial Image Processing Vision Chips

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 131-162

   3. Spatio-Temporal Image Processing Vision Chips

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   4. Analog VLSI Chips for Vision Processing

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      Pages 199-203

5. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Bugeye II: The Second Insect Vision Motion Detection Chip

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 209-222

   3. Bugeye V: The Fifth Insect Vision-Based Motion Detection Chip

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 223-229

   4. MNCSI: Shunting Inhibition and Contrast Enhancement Vision Chip

      • Alireza Moini

      Pages 231-241

6. Back Matter

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This chapter presents a set of introductory material, which in addition to providing a general view on the topic, highlights the importance of research in this area. It also presents a short history of the design of smart vision sensors, and points out some of the fundamental issues in the design of such sensors. 1. 1 A General Overview Machine vision is one of the main branches of artificial intelligence. The richness of information present in images makes them the first choice as an input to an artificial system which tries to interact with its environment. A large proportion of the brain of many advanced species is dedicated to visual information processing, which illustrates the importance of visual information in biological systems. Biological visual systems have evolved over millions of years, and each specie has developed a specialized visual system tailored for the essential tasks of survival, such as catching a prey, or escaping a predator. Implementing electronic hardware for image processing, therefore, may benefit from the underlying fundamental aspects of biological vision, though in no respect should this be regarded as a solid framework for electronic vision systems. Traditionally, computer vision algorithms are performed on images captured by conventional cameras, and processing is accomplished by means of general purpose digital computers. More advanced systems utilize dedicated hardware to speed up the processing stage.

• Sensor
• VLSI
• Vision Sensor
• algorithms
• analog
• computer
• computer vision
• network

• The University of Adelaide, Australia

  Alireza Moini

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