Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video Images

This paper presents the design and implementation on FPGA devices of an algorithm for computing similarities between neighboring frames in a video sequence using luminance information. By taking advantage of the well-known flexibility of Reconfigurable Logic Devices, we have designed a hardware impl...

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Main Authors: Sergio R. Geninatti, José Ignacio Benavides Benítez, Manuel Hernández Calviño, Nicolás Guil Mata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/962057
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José Ignacio Benavides Benítez
Manuel Hernández Calviño
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description This paper presents the design and implementation on FPGA devices of an algorithm for computing similarities between neighboring frames in a video sequence using luminance information. By taking advantage of the well-known flexibility of Reconfigurable Logic Devices, we have designed a hardware implementation of the algorithm used in video segmentation and indexing. The experimental results show the tradeoff between concurrent sequential resources and the functional blocks needed to achieve maximum operational speed while achieving minimum silicon area usage. To evaluate system efficiency, we compare the performance of the hardware solution to that of calculations done via software using general-purpose processors with and without an SIMD instruction set.
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spelling doaj-art-ee9516d1307f48dc91dbe0fb249341a32025-08-20T03:21:12ZengWileyInternational Journal of Reconfigurable Computing1687-71951687-72092010-01-01201010.1155/2010/962057962057Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video ImagesSergio R. Geninatti0José Ignacio Benavides Benítez1Manuel Hernández Calviño2Nicolás Guil Mata3Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad de Rosario, Avenue Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, ArgentinaEscuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Córdoba, Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14001 Córdoba, SpainDepartamento de Física General, Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Habana, Colina Universitaria El Vedado, 10300 La Habana, CubaDepartamento de Arquitectura de Computadoras, Universidad de Málaga, C. Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, SpainThis paper presents the design and implementation on FPGA devices of an algorithm for computing similarities between neighboring frames in a video sequence using luminance information. By taking advantage of the well-known flexibility of Reconfigurable Logic Devices, we have designed a hardware implementation of the algorithm used in video segmentation and indexing. The experimental results show the tradeoff between concurrent sequential resources and the functional blocks needed to achieve maximum operational speed while achieving minimum silicon area usage. To evaluate system efficiency, we compare the performance of the hardware solution to that of calculations done via software using general-purpose processors with and without an SIMD instruction set.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/962057
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Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video Images
International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
title Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video Images
title_full Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video Images
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title_short Concurrent Calculations on Reconfigurable Logic Devices Applied to the Analysis of Video Images
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