| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/D029759/1 |
| Title: |
Vision chips with pixel-parallel processor arrays |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dudek, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2005 |
Ends: |
30 June 2009 |
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386,133
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Vision chips are microelectronic devices, which combine image sensing and processing on a single silicon die. In a way somewhat resembling the vertebrate retina, these semiconductor chips perform preliminary image processing directly on the focal plane, in a pixel-parallel fashion. The sensor-processor integration results in high computational power of the system (thousands of pixel-processors are working in parallel). It also dramatically reduces the power dissipation, size and cost of the system. A single chip can replace a combination of a camera and a powerful computer in a real-time image processing system. In course of this research project we will investigate new ways of implementing vision chips. We will combine general-purpose processor array architecture with an asynchronous cellular network and propose novel implementations of processing elements. The efficiency of the system (in terms of speed, power and silicon area) will be several orders of magnitude higher than what can be achieved using conventional microprocessors. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed techniques, we will fabricate VLSI integrated circuits using CMOS technology. This work will enable the development of low-cost, low-power, high-performance, miniature computer vision systems.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |