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Centralized and multilevel implementations of the Panoptic omnidirectional multiaperture visual system were previously presented by us, relying on the transmission of all camera outputs to a single central processing node for omnidirectional image and video reconstruction. In this paper, a novel distributed and parallel implementation of the omnidirectional vision reconstruction algorithm of the Panoptic...
An edge-detection scheme suitable for machine vision and digital motion detection applications is presented. The scheme is inspired by the human visual system (human retina) and modified for a compact and scalable CMOS hardware implementation. In addition, pixel circuit and implementation of the scheme on a CMOS focal-plane are proposed and simulation results are presented. The circuit performs thresholding...
A novel compressive sampling scheme suitable for highly scalable hardware implementations is presented. The scheme utilizes an identical pseudo-random sequence for every image column, therefore reducing in-pixel hardware complexity and allowing measurement matrix generation in a single clock cycle. As a result, high frame rates and low power consumption are achievable with an acceptable reduction...
A custom spherical light-field camera used as a polydioptricsystem where imagers are distributed over a spherical geometry, each having its own vision of the surrounding and distinct focal plane. The spherical light-field camera is also anomnidirectional camera which records light information fro many direction around its center. A novel linear blending technique is presented for vision reconstruction...
Omnidirectional stereoscopy and depth estimation are complex problems of image processing to which the Panoptic camera offers a novel solution. The Panoptic camera is a biologically-inspired vision sensor made of multiple cameras. It is a polydioptric system mimicking the eyes of flying insects where multiple imagers, each with a distinct focal point, are distributed over a hemisphere. Recently, the...
A novel hardware implementation of an omnidirectional image sensor is presented which is capable of acquiring and processing 3D image sequences in real time. The system consists of a hemispherical arrangement of a large number of CMOS imagers, connecting to a layered arrangement of a high-end FPGA platform that is responsible data framing and image processing. The hardware platform in charge of real-time...
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