A systolic algorithm for Euclidean distance transform

被引:8
作者
Miyazawa, M
Zeng, PF
Iso, N
Hirata, T
机构
[1] Brother Ind Ltd, Naka Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
[2] Donghua Univ, Sch Comp Sci, Shanghai 200051, Peoples R China
[3] Chukyo Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Technol, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
[4] Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Informat Sci, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
关键词
Euclidean distance transform; systolic array; hardware algorithm; image processing;
D O I
10.1109/TPAMI.2006.133
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
The Euclidean distance transform is one of the fundamental operations in image processing. It has been widely used in computer vision, pattern recognition, morphological filtering, and robotics. This paper proposes a systolic algorithm that computes the Euclidean distance map of an N x N binary image in 3N clocks on 2N(2) processing cells. The algorithm is designed so that the hardware resources are reduced; especially no mulitipliers are used and, thus, it facilitates VLSI implementation.
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页码:1127 / 1134
页数:8
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