Cuenca-Asensi, Sergio, Ibarra Picó, Francisco, Alvarez, Rafael
Reconfigurable frame-grabber for real-time automated visual inspection (RT-AVI) systems
CUENCA ASENSI, Sergio; IBARRA PICÓ, Francisco; ÁLVAREZ SÁNCHEZ, Rafael Ignacio. "Reconfigurable frame-grabber for real-time automated visual inspection (RT-AVI) systems". En: Field-Programmable Logic and Applications : 11th International Conference, FPL 2001 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, August 27-29, 2001 Proceedings. Berlin : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 2147). ISBN 978-3-540-42499-4, pp. 223-231
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/12109
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44687-7_23
ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print)
ISBN: 978-3-540-42499-4
Abstract: 
In most of the automated systems for visual inspection tasks, real time requirements constitute an important aspect to have in to account in the design of them. Often, a frame-grabber attached to a computer using MMX-optimised software libraries is not enough to satisfy the above requirements and it is necessary to use expensive specialised hardware and architectures. Reconfigurable hardware gives us the best of both worlds: the flexibility of software and the high performance of customised hardware. In this paper we present a reconfigurable frame-grabber concept to integrate complex real-time processing functions needed for high-speed line inspection applications directly on-board. This allows the efficient hardware-software co-design to achieve high-performance low-cost solutions.
Keywords:FPGA, Automated Visual Inspection System
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
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