Real-time FPGA-implementation for blue-sky Detection

Currently, television sets with flat plasma and LCD screens with improved resolutions and better color quality are emerging. To fully utilize their capabilities, lower resolution Standard Definition video material is enhanced. During such process, existing noise can become clearly visible, or additional artifacts may be introduced. These impairments are usually better visible in smooth image areas such as sky regions, motivating the development of special techniques for their removal. In this paper, we introduce a hardware accelerator for an existing pixel-accurate and spatially-consistent sky-detection algorithm. We describe the algorithmic and architectural design considerations of a resource-efficient real-time system, targeting an FPGA platform. Our results show that it is feasible to implement a simplified algorithm version by using only 5,756 logic- and 23,687 memory elements of the targeted device. A demonstrator setup using real-time camera signal, proves that images of up...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ASAP
• Authors: Nhut Thanh Quach, Bahman Zafarifar, Georgi Gaydadjiev
• Keywords: ASAP 2007, Better Color Quality, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Lower Resolution Standard, Resource-efficient Real-time System