Kiwivision - A High Speed Architecture For Machine Vision

Chris C. Bowman; Bruce G. Batchelor

doi:10.1117/12.942822

22 March 1988 Kiwivision - A High Speed Architecture For Machine Vision

Chris C. Bowman, Bruce G. Batchelor

Proceedings Volume 0849, Automated Inspection and High-Speed Vision Architectures; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942822
Event: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1987, Cambridge, CA, United States

Abstract

A modular pipelined image processing system called Kiwivision has been developed for high-speed machine vision applications. The architecture of Kiwivision is discussed and a description given of the operating software. Results of timing comparisons between Kiwivision and three other image processing systems (a DEC LSI 11/23, a Motorola MC68000 microprocessor and a 256-element SIMD array) are presented. Finally, current developments aimed at improving the performance of Kiwivision are described. These involve interfacing the pipeline processor to an array of transputers to produce a hybrid architecture, the structure of which matches that of the machine vision algorithms.

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Chris C. Bowman and Bruce G. Batchelor "Kiwivision - A High Speed Architecture For Machine Vision", Proc. SPIE 0849, Automated Inspection and High-Speed Vision Architectures, (22 March 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942822

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