Real-time image and video processing from research to reality /

• Main Author: Kehtarnavaz, Nasser.
• Other Authors: Gamadia, Mark Noel, 1981-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on image, video, and multimedia processing ; #5.
• Subjects: Digital video.; Image processing > Digital techniques.; Video compression.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to full text
• Item Description: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.; Series from website.; Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008).
• Physical Description: 1 electronic document (ix, 97 p.) : digital file.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-96).
• ISBN: 1598290533 (electronic bk.); 9781598290530 (electronic bk.); 1598290525 (paper); 9781598290523 (paper)
• Access: Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.; Available to subscribers only.

This book presents an overview of the guidelines and strategies for transitioning an image or video processing algorithm from a research environment into a real-time constrained environment. Such guidelines and strategies are scattered in the literature of various disciplines including image processing, computer engineering, and software engineering, and thus have not previously appeared in one place. By bringing these strategies into one place, the book is intended to serve the greater community of researchers, practicing engineers, industrial professionals, who are interested in taking an image or video processing algorithm from a research environment to an actual real-time implementation on a resource constrained hardware platform. These strategies consist of algorithm simplifications, hardware architectures, and software methods. Throughout the book, carefully selected representative examples from the literature are presented to illustrate the discussed concepts. After reading the book, the readers are exposed to a wide variety of techniques and tools, which they can then employ to design a real-time image or video processing system.