Location

UNLV SEB Lobby & Auditorium

Start Date

26-4-2013 9:30 AM

End Date

26-4-2013 3:00 PM

Description

Implementing image processing algorithms on FPGA has recently become more popular since it provides high speed in comparison with software-based approaches. In this paper, we have presented fast pipeline-based architecture for one of the most popular edge detection algorithms called Sobel edge detection. The objective of our work is to present two fast pipeline-based architectures for Sobel edge detection on FPGA benefiting one and two way parallelism. We used Verilog language to implement our designs and we synthesized each one for Cyclone IV FPGA. Experimental results show that our pipeline-based architectures perform edge detection process more than 379 and 751 times faster than software-based approach using MATLAB.

Keywords

Computer algorithms; Computer architecture; Field programmable gate arrays; Image processing – Digital techniques

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Theory and Algorithms

Language

English


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Apr 26th, 9:30 AM Apr 26th, 3:00 PM

Fast Sobel Edge Detection Using Parallel Pipeline-based Architecture on FPGA

UNLV SEB Lobby & Auditorium

Implementing image processing algorithms on FPGA has recently become more popular since it provides high speed in comparison with software-based approaches. In this paper, we have presented fast pipeline-based architecture for one of the most popular edge detection algorithms called Sobel edge detection. The objective of our work is to present two fast pipeline-based architectures for Sobel edge detection on FPGA benefiting one and two way parallelism. We used Verilog language to implement our designs and we synthesized each one for Cyclone IV FPGA. Experimental results show that our pipeline-based architectures perform edge detection process more than 379 and 751 times faster than software-based approach using MATLAB.