A study on VLSI implementation of image enhancement techniques

In real-time, the images captured are not always appreciable for visual perception. The quality of the image relies on the illumination condition. Contrast enhancement is required to improve the visual quality of the image. In this article, the image enhancement techniques that are adaptable for real-time images are studied. Further, an investigation is done on implementing the image processing algorithms in very large-scale integration (VLSI) hardware. As the image data are comparatively larger, the computational complexity and the memory requirement are more. From the study, the need for efficient computation of such image processing algorithms is realized. The efficient computation of image processing algorithms on hardware platforms, in particular on field programmable gate array (FPGA), is reviewed. As an experiment, the gamma-transformation technique used for image enhancement is realized. Initially, the prototype is modeled using MATLAB, and then it is implemented using an FPGA.