FPGA IP Cores for Video Content Analysis
With the Cellular Multicore Video AnalyticsTM (C-MVATM) processor, Eutecus enables camera
manufacturers, system integrators, and application engineers to achieve greatly
accelerated image processing performance in embedded applications designed for
the rapidly growing intelligent security/surveillance camera market.
C-MVA
is the newest practical application to emerge from Eutecus’ Cellular Visual
TechnologyTM (CVT). CVT’s groundbreaking use of
massively parallel cellular array structures for ultra-fast image processing
received the prestigious Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Award for Innovation
(2006).
The
C-MVA system is composed of a cascade of highly optimized processing blocks
embedded in FPGA, which takes over the computationally-intensive, pixel-level
early tasks of the video processing flow (such as noise filtering and signal
reconstruction, foreground-background separation, and morphological
shape/structure extraction) that would otherwise be handled by the main
processor inside an intelligent camera (e.g., a DSP).
C-MVA
processes 8-bit grayscale input from the image sensor or other source and
produces a black-and-white output image of salient features, which can then be
streamed for higher-level on-board processing and
analysis.
C-MVA
is currently configured to run on the Spartan 3 ® FPGA (with 32 MB SDRAM)
embedded in Eutecus’ Bi-iTM V301F Intelligent Camera reference design
and fully integrated into Eutecus’ InstantVisionTM Integrated
Software Environment (IV ISE). Eutecus works closely with OEMs at all levels to
help them take advantage of CVT applications on a wide variety of hardware and
software platforms.
In
its current implementation, C-MVA pre-processes 320 x 240 resolution images at a
rate of 30 FPS. Eutecus’ multicore CVT provides almost unlimited scope for
increased pixel rate. The individual cores that constitute the C-MVA are also
available as separate IP blocks for implementation in other FPGA
configurations.
For more information on the IP blocks, how to license
them, and availability of future releases, contact Eutecus.
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® Spartan 3 is a registered trademark of Xilinx,
Inc.
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